Specialist Thermal Drone Surveys
We are proud as a company to provide thermal drone services across Wiltshire, which are carried out by a specialist drone thermographer, qualified and insured to industry standards for thermal work.
Whether it's to locate a defective cell in a solar panel, identify heat loss on a property or water ingress on a flat roof, our training, kit and experience allows us to make the process smooth and hassle free for our customers.
We utilise industry leading drones equipped with both visual and infrared sensors, capable of capturing both visual and thermal videos and images. All of these are ‘fine-tuned’ and provided to the client within a detailed thermal report that clearly identify any areas of concerns.
Heat Loss Surveys
All our Heat Loss Surveys are conducted on an evening after sunset to avoid solar gain (which can skew the accuracy of the thermal data). This results in highly accurate thermal R.JPG images containing radiometric metadata for each pixel - giving us the ability to 'fine tune' the data with thermal analysis software before being processed and placed in a thermal assessment report, highlighting any areas where heat loss is occurring.
Heat loss is common and can happen for to a number of reasons, the main being poor insulation, which can result in substantial heat loss and hefty heating bills. Identifying heat loss can be close to impossible without the use of an infrared sensor.
Solar (PV) Panel Surveys
Solar Panels are a great investment to reduce overall spending on electricity and protect the environment but regularly assessing their functionality is important to prevent and detect issues that arise over time and to ensure your panels are operating at peak efficiency.
It's recommended that panels are inspected by a suitably qualified person annually to ensure they are operating at peak functionality and there are no undetected defects.
Defects such as cell hot spots, multi hot spots, disconnected strings and diode failures are not visible to the naked eye and can be be difficult for an electrician diagnose but are immediately identifiable through a thermal sensor and given how inaccessible solar panels often are, this means the use of drones for inspecting panels not only increase safety but is the most time efficient and viable option. Other visual defects are also a lot clearer from the air.
Most panel defects can be fixed fairly quickly once identified, but if left unresolved can eventually result in long term and irreversible damage to the panels.
Our PV panel inspections are incredibly time efficient and all data collected is presented back to the client in a detailed and easy to read thermal report where all defects are clearly explained.
Electrical Surveys
We use airborne thermal sensors to inspect electrical infrastructure to identify faults such as heat abnormalities, faulty equipment, poor connections and overloaded systems to reduce risks and predict electrical malfunctions.
As thermal imaging requires no physical contact with any electrical components it doesn't require 'downtime' and is much safer than other inspection methods and provides tangible data to our clients and helping to reduce running costs.