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Question about using a thermal camera for board-level work

I was fixing a laptop power circuit in a shop in Austin and the owner let me borrow his Flir One. Seeing the exact hot spot on a tiny capacitor saved me about two hours of probing. Do you think a basic model is worth the cost for general repair work?
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wendysmith
wendysmith1mo agoMost Upvoted
Mine paid for itself in a month... saved so much time.
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emma_ramirez
Honestly, that's the best feeling. When something actually works like they said it would. Makes the whole purchase worth it.
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wadeyoung
wadeyoung1mo ago
A basic Flir One will find shorts quicker than a multimeter ever could.
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