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?

2 comments

2 Comments

wendysmith17d agoMost Upvoted

Mine paid for itself in a month... saved so much time.

emma_ramirez16d ago

Honestly, that's the best feeling. When something actually works like they said it would. Makes the whole purchase worth it.