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Electricity always finds one of the easiest ways to earth itself. Any weaknesses or faults within your portable appliances or electrical devices can go undetected and could lead to serious risk of injury, electrocution, fire or even death. That is why it is imperative to keep your electrical system secure at all times. An effective way to do that is through recurring inspection and testing being carried out by a capable technician along with action to cure any faults found during testing. Large and heavy electrical plant and machinery are required by the machinists and regulatory authorities to be tested as safe and without any major fault that can cause havoc to a person's life and property. While things may seem to be working well, but minor faults and damage in the equipment that might give rise to a bigger failure, cause difficulties, stoppage of work and, in the worst-case scenario, some serious damage. Thermal imaging is a useful technology through which an ongoing preventive maintenance program can be carried out. This technology can be used in any application where the performance or condition of electrical equipment can be shown by means of thermal differences. It enables engineers to inspect important cooling systems, HVAC equipment, power distribution units (PDU), electrical switchgear, and other electrical devices quickly and easily. Infrared thermography or thermal imaging, takes a picture of and measures infrared radiation released from electrical appliances. For electrical thermal imaging, an expert team of technicians is required to encapsulate electrical performance data, highlighting irregularities outside the required or expected norms and reference the suitable regulatory defined constraints in order to detect areas of failure or inadequacy and to protect against potential unseen hazards. The benefits of using thermal imaging technology in organizations are significant. First of all thermal imaging makes it possible to prevent the shutting down of the machinery altogether in order to fix the detected problem. It leads to streamlined flow of operations without causing any disruption to them. Secondly, regular supervising of electrical equipment with thermal imaging cameras ensures that the organization's isolators, power distribution boards and automatic switching panels are in better working condition. It could help the business to comply with laws and regulations prevalent in the industry. Moreover, regular monitoring of electrical equipment will lead to earlier detection of many problems and enable maintenance technicians to formulate a more effective strategy to overcome issues. Furthermore, the use of actual data received from persistent monitoring system can improve the life of the equipment and thus results in huge cost savings. Many electrical safety testing standards are in place including a safety inspection and electrical equipment testing, Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (OHS&W) Regulations 2010, Electricity Act 1996 etc. Electrical safety testing standards specify in-service safety inspection and testing procedures and criteria that satisfy these obligations. This can provide a reasonable approach to safety that does not endanger personnel or involve equipment idle time. Therefore, almost all business organizations need to go through electrical thermal imaging at least once a year.
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