Maintenance & Cleaning; Camera Body, Cables & Accessories; Lenses - FLIR ThermaCAM E4 Operator's Manual

11 Maintenance & cleaning
11.1 Camera body, cables & accessories
The camera body, cables and accessories may be cleaned by wiping with a soft cloth.
To remove stains, wipe with a soft cloth moistened with a mild detergent solution
and wrung dry, then wipe with a dry soft cloth.
➲ Do not use benzene, thinner, or any other chemical product on the camera, the
cables or the accessories, as this may cause deterioration.
11.2

Lenses

All lenses are coated with an anti-reflective coating and care must be taken when
cleaning them. Cotton wool soaked in 96 % ethyl alcohol (C
clean the lenses. The lenses should be wiped once with the solution, then the cotton
wool should be discarded.
If ethyl alcohol is unavailable, DEE (i.e. 'ether' = diethylether, C
for cleaning.
Sometimes drying marks may appear on the lenses. To prevent this, a cleaning solution
of 50 % acetone (i.e. dimethylketone, (CH
may be used.
➲ Please note the following:
Excessive cleaning of the lenses may wear down the coating.
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The chemical substances described in this section may be dangerous. Carefully
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read all warning labels on containers before using the substances, as well as ap-
plicable MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets).
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