Hot Spars

[BlueScarecrow]

I thought everything was going hunky dory and then I put an aluminum ceiling panel back up; and it gets very warm. The heat is not coming through the ceiling, it is coming through the yet to be taped spars... migrating through the bus and heating up the aluminum panel. The aluminum panel is screwed to wooden furring strips and there is 2 3/4 of insulation above the panel. I think I'm going too lose the aluminum panel and replace it with 1/8" Masonite which will be covered with thin carpeting anyway. This heat thing seems to act like capillary action. The heat goes where it is not.

This Thermal Management thing is a real bug a boo with these metal buses. Any Thermal Management Engineers out there?

Scott... what would you charge to FLIR me?

Thanks!


Mike
N9EWS


                                  "Those who say something can't be done - should stop bothering those who are doing it!

[dtcerrato]

White roof, aluminum sides, one dark brown band , one air conditioner, no problem...

[Scott Crosby]

I bought that flir for $129 I think?? It might have been $99 I don't remember exactly, it was on sale.  It clips on my iPhone.   Amazing technology at a cheap price.   Flir one is the model I have. It's for an iPhone 5 But I modified it to fit a iPhone 6 the one for the iPhone six cost $299 at the time.  The iPhone 6 model did have double the resolution but I am fine with the cheap one I got.  They make them for several smart phone brands. I've got some cool video other my 71 series running.  On my 671 inline the hottest thing on the visible side of my engine is the coolant line coming off the oil cooler.  I can see plugged tubes in a radiator too with it.

[luvrbus]

Stop by any Empire Cat dealer in the Phoenix area they will FLIR for you all their techs have the S60 Cat phone with the FLIR feature.I have the S60 Cat phone that I have been playing with the last 2 weeks it's a neat gadget and Cat guaranteed me I cannot destroy or drown it lol we will see