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Showerthought: I used to think those cheap thermal cameras were useless for our work
I saw a guy at the hangar in Mobile using a $300 one from a hardware store to spot a hot connector on a comms panel. He found a bad crimp in about two minutes that was causing intermittent static. I was totally wrong, it's a solid first-look tool before you break out the big guns. What other budget tools have you guys found that actually work for troubleshooting?
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ray8167mo ago
A cheap borescope saved me a ton of time once.
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patking6mo ago
How cheap was it?
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sanchez.lucas7mo ago
Honestly how much time are we talking about? Those things are cool but they feel like a gadget you use twice and forget in a drawer. Unless you're doing inspections daily, it seems like overkill for most people.
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