Seek Thermal

Seek Thermal

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

Santa Barbara, CA 4,454 followers

See the Unseen™

About us

Seek Thermal engineers and manufactures low-cost, high-resolution thermal imaging cameras and OEM thermal cores. Founded by industry pioneers who spent 40 years advancing the state of military and professional-grade thermal technologies, Seek Thermal has developed a breakthrough line of products at competitive price points making this technology more accessible to manufacturers and end users. The company’s products serve the firefighting, law enforcement and commercial markets, among others, under its own brand and OEM offerings.

Industry
Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Santa Barbara, CA
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2012

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    Founder at Insight Fire Training LLC

    Thermal Imaging Tips For Success: Firefighters who use TICs in these in a fire environment should be aware of how to properly interpret their specific brand of TIC. Each manufacturer is allowed to choose when their device shows colorization. This can be problematic and confusing as many firefighters are unaware of when this occurs and why. Firefighters need to learn their specific brand of TIC and when the device shows colorization. Fire departments that have multiple brands within one fire department are also creating confusion for firefighters as they must learn each model’s various color/temperature correlations and other features. Firefighters also need to be aware that the absence of color isn’t the absence of heat. Any white or moving gray/white areas are hot. These convection currents can be useful to identify the fire’s location. The height of these currents can assist in determination of the overall severity. As this layer descends, the fire increases in intensity and develops into a full exhaust. Firefighters should be aware of the dangers of a full exhaust or a unidirectional flow path. Regarding temperature of these phenomenon, firefighters cannot substantiate the exact measurement as fire service TICs are qualitative in nature meaning they do not provide exact measurements. This brings us to our most important and misinterpreted area of fire service thermal imaging usage: the spot temperature. Many firefighters are still unaware that the spot temperature (or direct temperature measurement) number located in the lower right-hand corner of the display is not an accurate measurement nor is it a representation of the entire area. This is a small area of measurement that was calibrated in a temperature-controlled warehouse with a perfect black body temperature device. Many fire service TICs are off in measurement by as little as +/- 5 degrees Fahrenheit by as much as 41 degrees Fahrenheit directly from the manufacturer. Then when variables such as smoke, moisture, emissivity (reflective surfaces), and distance to the target all vary; the temperature measurement can be off by several hundred degrees Fahrenheit. For this reason and more, NFPA 1801-2021 standard removed the spot temperature from the start up application known as TI-Basic. It was also cited as a contributing factor in three line of duty deaths. Firefighters need to be aware that these devices are designed to detect heat and heat loss and only from surface temperatures. They do not see through objects, nor detect gases, or detect smoke temperatures accurately. Stay Intelligently Aggressive! Seek Thermal

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  • Seek Thermal reposted this

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    Founder at Insight Fire Training LLC

    Having difficulty locating the fire? Consider the power of an investigative mode color palette such as Survey Mode by Seek Thermal. In our training, we demonstrate how to use the following concepts to locate the source of the fire and superheated areas: * Convection equals direction: by tracing the movement of the heat transfer from hot to cold, we can identify the severity and the source of the fire. * Colorization can provide information: In the absence of convection currents, firefighters can use early colorization to identify superheated areas and the source of the fire. By tracing the colorization from Black, Gray, White, Yellow, Orange, to Red they can identify hidden areas of fire. Learn more at our website: https://lnkd.in/e2cmrd8Q Stay Intelligently Aggressive! #firefighter #thermalimaging #firefighting #thermography

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    Founder at Insight Fire Training LLC

    Interested in FREE thermal imaging training? Check out our educational mini-series in partnership with Seek Thermal In this video, we focus on the value of using a TIC "correctly" for searching for victims. Check out the full video on our YouTube channel under the Seek Thermal Playlist. Thanks for your support! #firefighter #thermography #thermalimaging #firefighting Seek Thermal

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    The Nano is your new go-to smartphone thermal cameras at the best price. Don’t believe us? Check out what Ralph Borgess has to say about it. “Nano Camera Review…For the price, size, and quality you can’t beat this thermal camera. It connects right to your phone and takes amazing pics and video. Must have for any home inspector or real estate agent for a quick look at possible moisture. We’ll test it out a bit more and get you some additional feedback, but so far I give it a 5 beer review 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺”

  • Seek Thermal reposted this

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    Founder at Insight Fire Training LLC

    Why does the Seek Attack PRO or Fire PRO Series colorize temperatures earlier than any other device on the market? Many fire service TIC's colorize superheated areas beginning at 150 Degrees Celsius/302 Degrees Fahrenheit. However, they are dual gain (high and low sensitivity) devices that require a certain percentage of pixels to be a certain temperature before switching to low sensitivity and then engage colorization at their specified programmed temperature. Whereas, Seek Thermal devices colorizes much earlier than any other device on the market due to mixed gain mode. Mixed gain mode allows each pixel to switch independently rather than wait on a certain percentage of pixels to reach a certain point to colorize. Therefore, the Seek Attack PRO or Fire PRO 200/300 will show colorization earlier than other devices that claim they show colorization at 300 degrees Fahrenheit/150 degrees Celsius. All of this information is available for free on our website and YouTube channel: Seek Resource Link: https://lnkd.in/eWJE2SrN We hope this information is useful. Stay Intelligently Aggressive!

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