Have you ever wondered if your solar panels are running at peak performance? Or maybe after the recent hail storms you are worried it may have caused some damage. You could be right… Did you know that just because the glass on the panels is not broken doesn’t mean there is not any internal damage? Thankfully there is a simple solution that does not require you to climb onto your slippery roof to inspect your solar system. Coffs Coast Aerial Drone Services utilises thermal sensors and imaging to assess the current state and makes sure everything is performing at its best. The process of obtaining the radiometric data only takes about 20 minutes.
How does it work?
We use the Zenmuse XT which is a thermal radiometry sensor (made by FLIR) that forms part of the gimbal and attached to the RPA.
A radiometric thermal camera measures the temperature of a surface by interpreting the intensity of an infrared signal reaching the camera. The addition of radiometric imaging enables our RPA to capture temperature data in every pixel of an image. If a cell is damaged that will show up on our display unit. In addition, once the data is captured and logged, we then use 3rd party software program to perform further analysis to ensure we did not miss anything. This offers our customers piece of mind and this information may be used when providing information to insurance companies or form part of a building inspection when selling or buying real estate.
It must be noted that CCADS can only tell you the state of your solar panels, we are really good pilots but not very good electricians and as such, we leave playing around with wires to licenced professionals. That being said, our inspection service works perfectly in helping fault find and in most cases eliminates or isolates any problems that are associated with your solar panels.
We offer this service from Yamba, Grafton, Dorrigo, Nambucca, Kempsey all the way down to Port Macquarrie. Get in contact to find out more.
