Electrical thermography inspection in NYC
Electrical thermography is the use of a calibrated thermal camera to survey energised electrical equipment for abnormal heat. In New York City buildings it applies to house switchgear, meter banks, elevator and compactor feeders, boiler room equipment and motor control centres — all of it carrying continuous load in spaces where an unplanned failure takes out a building service. We survey, rank findings by severity, and never bid the corrective work.
Certified Infrared ThermographerInfraspection Institute · FLIR E96 & T865
Equipment that cannot afford to fail
In a multifamily or commercial building the consequences of an electrical failure are rarely limited to the equipment itself. A failed feeder takes an elevator out of service; a failed connection in a boiler room takes heat out of a building in January.
Annual thermography catches those items while they are still maintenance. It is the cheapest preventive measure available for equipment that is otherwise inspected only after it fails.
- House switchgear and service entrance
- Meter banks and tenant panels
- Elevator and compactor feeders
- Boiler and mechanical room electrical
- Motor control centres
- Emergency generator and transfer switch
Worked to NFPA 70ESurveys of energised equipment follow the electrical safety practices set out in NFPA 70E, the Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, alongside professional thermography practice.
Documented for boards, agents and carriers
Reports pair thermal and visual images with measured differentials, equipment identification and a severity ranking. That format exists because a board approving a repair budget needs to see which items are urgent and which can wait a cycle.
Because we take no part in the corrective work, the ranking reflects condition rather than opportunity.
Common questions
Electrical thermography inspection in NYC — answered.
What is the difference between thermography and an infrared inspection?
None in practice — thermography is the technical name for the discipline, and an infrared inspection is what it produces. Both describe measuring surface temperature with a calibrated camera to identify conditions that are invisible to the eye.
Can you survey during business hours?
Yes, and we prefer to. Equipment must be under normal operating load for a survey to be meaningful, which usually means working while the building is running.
Do you open panels?
Where access to energised equipment requires qualified electrical work, we coordinate with an appropriately qualified electrical professional. We do not perform electrical work ourselves.
Electrical thermography
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Finding heat in energised equipment under load, ranked by severity, as preventative maintenance rather than emergency response.
Why us and not a plumber
We write the report. We never bid the repair.
A plumber who finds your leak also sells you the repair. A roofer who inspects your roof also quotes the replacement. That isn't dishonesty — it's structure, and it quietly shapes every finding. We are an independent diagnostic company: we do not perform repairs, we do not sell materials, and we take no referral fee from any contractor. The report is the entire product, so there is nothing for us to gain by finding more than is there.
We can't profit from the work we recommend, because we don't do the work. If your roof is 8% wet, the report says 8% — not "replace the field."
We accept nothing from contractors for sending work their way. Take our findings to your own plumber, roofer, or electrician, or put them out to bid.
Boards, managing agents, and insurance carriers treat an independent finding differently than an estimate from the company that wants the job.
Sometimes the answer is condensation, or a warm duct, or a neighbor's roof. We're paid the same either way, so we say so.
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