I found this while articale while searching http://www.flirthermography.com/media/2003_Kacuba%20FINAL.pdf. I am not an engineer and asked one of our EE how best to use the formula in the article. He said that we would need to measure the resitance after the component cooled and then use the...
I am in the process of implementing a PdM program. Part of my responsibilities is quantify savings. Is it possible to calculate energy usage via temperature differences? i.e. Fuse 1 is 20 degrees hotter than Fuse 2 and 3. Therefore fuse 1 is using 4 watts more energy.