Engineering

Why we fly thermal at night

Sunlight makes steel look hot. At night, the only heat left is heat the line is making.

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By the Stralen field team

A joint in full sun can read 20 degrees above ambient and be perfectly healthy. At 3 a.m. the same joint tells the truth.

Delta-T, not temperature

We report the difference between a component and its neighbours under the same load. A clamp 46 degrees above the clamps beside it is a clamp to change.

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