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Is there any way to detect a carrier-current signal?
thanks
>From: "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com>
>Reply-To: TSCM-..._at_googlegroups.com
>To: TSCM-L <TSCM-..._at_googlegroups.com>
>Subject: [TSCM-L] Thermal Camera Safety Check
>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:23:13 -0500
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>
>Anytime you are performing a TSCM inspection always pull the cover off of
>the circuit breaker panel that services the area which you are inspecting,
>and visually check the inside box for any kind of eavesdropping device, but
>also check the box for any kind of RF, Video, or Carrier Current riding on
>any of the wiring (do this extremely carefully).
>
>Then, take your thermal viewer and look at the front of each breaker, and
>then the side of each breaker where the wire goes into the breaker and is
>secured. Also check the main lug where all of the power panel, the neutral
>rail, and finally the ground connection. Finish the inspection by viewing
>the first few feet of electrical as it leaves the box as well.
>
>If you do not have a full-fledged thermal viewer/camera then at least use a
>small digital thermometer to see if you have any hot breakers.
>
>Since you have to get into the breaker panels to inspect for bugs, or at
>least SHOULD be getting into the breaker panels to look for bugs you have a
>responsibility to the client to observe safety related problems in regards
>to the things that you touch during your inspection. If you touch the
>breaker panel, and you end up being the last person to touch the breakers
>just prior to their house/office going up in flame you are going to have
>some issues.
>
>ALWAYS, check the client breakers with a some kind of thermal imaging
>device if you touch the breaker panel at all. However, this assumes that
>the client has engaged you for enough time to perform a proper TSCM
>inspection and that they don't have you scheduled for a day or less for the
>whole building.
>
>Also, use an ultrasonic stethoscope to listen for any arcing from the
>breakers, but don't get too close to the breakers as most ultrasonic probes
>are conductive or quasi-conductive you don't want to use the probe to
>create a path to ground for 240 volts or more. If you do have also breakers
>you will clearly hear then in the headphones of the ultrasonic stethoscope.
>On a related note, it is pretty easy to build an ultrasonic probe for the
>CPM-700, so if your technically gifted and don't mind spending $25 in parts
>you can build your own. [Hint, for optimal performance take the output the
>ultrasonic probe, and use it to modulate a 50 MHz carrier, which you then
>feed into the CPM-700 antenna jack].
>
>Should you observe any fault wiring or breakers you are duty bound to
>inform the customer of this, and of the safety implications of the problem.
>
>You should also keep a record in the form of some kind of hard-copy of the
>video of what you find and attach it to the report, and if possible see if
>the electrician left his label/card/sticker on the panel so you know to be
>extra suspicion of his/their work in the future.
>
>-jma
>
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