Fluke Ti20 user manual Reflected Temperature Compensation

Basic Operation 2

Reflected Temperature Compensation

Reflected Temperature Compensation

Targets that have low emissivities will reflect energy from nearby objects. This additional reflected energy is added to target’s own emitted energy and may result in inaccurate readings. In some situations objects near the target (machines, furnaces, or other heat sources) have a temperature much higher than that of the target. In these situations it is necessary to compensate for the reflected energy from those objects. The concept of reflected temperature compensation is illustrated in Figure 2-5.

Note

The Reflected Temperature Compensation (RTC) feature is disabled when the emissivity is set to 1.00.

Reflected Energy

Emitted Energy

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Figure 2-5. Reflected Temperature Compensation

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