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Thermography Practice Lab

A browser based simulator where you make every classic thermography mistake safely, see exactly why it was a mistake, and fix it. On real thermal data from real electrical equipment.

12trap scenarios
~7learning hours
3difficulty levels
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The practice ground between the classroom and the field

Cameras are cheap now. Interpretation is hard. Most bad thermography comes from a handful of mistakes that are easy to learn in a simulator and expensive to learn in the field.

Level I candidatesNew thermography techniciansStaff who review thermography reportsElectrical Defect Recognition graduates

No camera needed. Just basic electrical vocabulary. Our Electrical Defect Recognition course is recommended but not required.

A technician reviews thermal results on a tablet
Set the cameraEmissivity, reflected temperature, span, level and distance.
Measure the right thingThe lug, not the reflection, compared like with like.
Judge itReal or false, and how severe by the site’s criteria.
Report itA finding someone can act on, with the evidence behind it.

What makes it different

Most thermography courses show finished images. This lab hands you the camera’s controls and the raw data, and lets you break things.

Real radiometric data

Every image carries a temperature for every pixel, so you re-tune span, level, palette and emissivity and watch the numbers change, just like real camera software.

Turn the knob physics

Change emissivity, reflected temperature, distance and load and the temperatures recompute live. A shiny busbar reading far too cool teaches more than any slide.

The mistake comes first

Every exercise lets you commit, then reveals what an expert saw and why: the reflection, the low load, the target too small for the camera’s spot.

Graded against a thermographer

Every image has a Level II or III answer key. Feedback is specific: you measured the reflection, not the lug.

From image to report

Every scenario ends with a written finding, graded for location, evidence, conditions, severity and recommendation.

Bring your own camera

Upload images from a phone thermal camera or a site camera and get coached on them. The lab becomes a long term companion, not a one time course.

Inside the simulator

Twelve focused tools. Tools marked coming next arrive in later releases.

A camera reads a thermal image of switchgear through an infrared window
Tools 1 to 4

See and measure

Open real radiometric files and read them the way a thermographer does.

01

Radiometric viewer

Open a real thermal image with its visual photo. Change palette, span and level, zoom, and switch between thermal, visual and blended views.

  • Span and level
  • Palettes
  • Thermal and visual pairs
02

Measurement tools

Place spots, boxes, line profiles and isotherms, and measure the difference between two components.

  • Spot and box
  • Line profiles
  • Phase against phase
03

Parameter lab

Change emissivity, reflected temperature, distance, air temperature, humidity and IR window transmission. Every reading recomputes live. The biggest source of wrong readings, made tangible.

  • Emissivity
  • Reflected temperature
  • IR windows
04

Spot size and distance trainer

Pick a camera and lens, set the distance and watch a small hot lug read cooler as it blurs into its surroundings.

  • Resolution and lens
  • Target size
  • Distance
A technician with a tablet stands back while switchgear is scanned
Tools 5 to 8

Turn the knobs

Change the conditions and see why the same defect can look harmless or alarming.

05

Load and time explorer

Move load from 20% to 100% and watch a bad connection heat up next to healthy ones. Drop the load and see how long the heat lingers.

  • Load matters
  • Heat lag
  • When to retest
06Coming next

Reflection trainer

Move the viewing angle: a real hot spot stays on the component, a reflection slides away.

  • Viewing angle
  • False alarms
  • Shiny surfaces
07Coming next

Compare and trend view

Line up three phases side by side, then step through the same breaker over six rounds and spot the slow rise.

  • Three phases
  • Six rounds
  • Trends
08

Finding and report builder

Write a finding with location, image pair, measurements, conditions, severity by the site’s criteria and a recommendation. The coach grades it.

  • Location and evidence
  • Conditions
  • Recommendation
A technician works on a laptop in a data center electrical room
Tools 9 to 12

Practice and keep going

A coach, a scoring engine and tools that keep the lab useful long after the course.

09

AI coach

Ask why at any point. Hints, not answers, until you commit, then a plain explanation of what an expert saw.

  • Hints first
  • Plain explanations
  • Grounded in the answer key
10

Scenario engine and scoring

Timed rounds or free practice, with a score for each skill: settings, measurement, interpretation and reporting.

  • Timed rounds
  • Free practice
  • Scores by skill
11Coming next

Bring your own image

Upload a radiometric image from your own camera, including phone thermal cameras, and get coached on it. Your images stay private.

  • Your own camera
  • Private by default
  • Coached review
12Coming next

Virtual scan room

Walk a 3D switchgear room, choose where to stand and what to scan, then analyze your captures in the viewer.

  • Angle and distance
  • Scan order
  • Technique in space

Scenario library

Twelve launch scenarios, each built around one trap and one skill.

Every scenario at three levels: Guided, hints onStandardExpert, traps stacked and timer on
Scenario 01

The hidden hot lug

The span is set so wide the anomaly disappears.

Skill: Setting span and level
Scenario 02

The shiny busbar

Bare copper at the default emissivity reads far too cool.

Skill: Emissivity and choosing the right surface
Scenario 03

The ghost hot spot

A light fixture reflected in a panel door.

Skill: Ruling out reflections
Scenario 04

Three phases, one problem

One phase connection runs warmer than the other two under equal load.

Skill: Comparing like with like
Scenario 05

The quiet circuit

A breaker at 15% load looks fine.

Skill: Knowing when load is too low to judge
Scenario 06

Too far away

A small hot fuse clip measured from across the room.

Skill: Spot size, distance and lens
Scenario 07

Through the window

A reading through an IR window with no correction.

Skill: Window transmission and its limits
Scenario 08

Normally hot

A transformer and a resistor bank that look alarming but are within design.

Skill: Knowing what is supposed to be warm
Scenario 09Coming next

The slow climb

The same busway joint over six rounds.

Skill: Reading trends, not snapshots
Scenario 10Coming next

UPS and batteries

One hot battery strap among dozens.

Skill: Scanning a repeating pattern
Scenario 11Coming next

Load bank test

Switchgear under a commissioning load test, imaged every 15 minutes.

Skill: Tracking heat as load rises
Scenario 12Coming next

The weak report

A contractor’s report missing load, emissivity and location.

Skill: Reviewing a report for evidence

Course units

Five short video units frame the lab: about 2 hours of video and 4 to 5 hours of hands on lab time.

Unit 1 · 15 minStart here

What the lab is and is not, safety first, and how to use the simulator and coach.

Orientation
Unit 2 · 30 minHow a thermal camera sees

Radiation, emissivity, reflection, span and level, spot size.

Lab: scenarios 1, 2 and 6
Unit 3 · 30 minTechnique

Load, comparison, angle, IR windows and what is normally warm.

Lab: scenarios 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8
Unit 4 · 30 minElectrical equipment in practice

Switchgear, busway, UPS and batteries, commissioning load tests and trends.

Lab: scenarios 9, 10 and 11
Unit 5 · 20 minReports that hold up

What a defensible thermography report contains and how to review one.

Lab: scenario 12, then the capstone

Capstone and skills record

About 60 minutes. Six unseen scenarios at standard difficulty, drawn at random.

Step 1Set and measure

Set the camera parameters and measure the right target in each scenario.

Step 2Judge

Decide real or false, and rate severity by the given site criteria.

Step 3Report

Write a finding for each scenario, graded like a real report.

The pass bar is hard on purpose

  • 80% or more overall, and at least 70% in every skill: settings, measurement, interpretation and reporting.
  • No missed stop and escalate now case. Missing one fails the attempt.
  • Unlimited retakes, with new scenarios each time.

Where to go next

The lab prepares you for recognized programs. Accredited providers remain responsible for certification.

Level I thermography certificationLevel II thermographyNFPA 70E trainingNFPA 70B in Practice

Scope

Supplemental practice and skills preparation, not thermography certification or inspector qualification. Real thermography needs Level I training or higher, supervised field experience, electrical safety qualification and a calibrated camera. Learners never sign off inspections or certify compliance on the strength of this lab. The skills record states: supplemental thermography practice, not a thermography certification.

  • The physics models are simplified teaching models, labeled as such. Real cameras, optics and conditions vary.
  • Synthetic images in the load and spot size tools are marked as simulations.
  • Nothing in the lab replaces calibrated equipment, a qualified thermographer’s judgment or the criteria a site has adopted.
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