Question about using a thermal camera versus a standard multimeter for finding a short

I spent three hours last week trying to find a short in a nav system using just a multimeter, tracing wires and checking continuity. I borrowed a coworker's FLIR E4 thermal camera, and the hot spot showed up in about two minutes. Has anyone else made the switch to thermal imaging for this kind of fault finding?

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cora62827d agoMost Upvoted

Tried it on a stubborn power supply short. The thermal camera found it instantly.

susan7627d ago

Like @cora628 said, my buddy swears by thermal cameras for finding shorts fast.

barbara_hall97d ago

Wait, @cora628, you guys just have thermal cameras lying around? lmao