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I thought those cheap thermal cameras for phones were a total joke... until I found a short on a board in under 2 minutes.

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ryanburns
ryanburns11d ago
Come on, that's just pure luck. Those toy cameras have terrible resolution and can't spot a real problem unless it's already on fire. You need a real thermal imager to see small heat differences on a board. That "short" you found was probably a hot component you could have felt with your finger. Those phone gadgets are a waste of money for real work.
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patricia905
Yeah, that's the thing with cheap tech now, it's often way better than you'd guess.
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reese_bell
reese_bell12d ago
Wait, those things actually WORK?
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