Patent ID: 7989769

Claim:
An electrical component cabinet comprising: a housing providing fire resistant walls enclosing a housing volume; at least one internal component mounting panel within the housing volume for an attachment of electrical components thereto; a thermographic camera attached to a housing wall opposite the mounting panel for imaging electrical components attached to the mounting panel, the thermographic camera sensitive in a light frequency of 3-15 μm; a remote monitoring station; and an electrical connection between a thermographic camera and the remote monitoring station relaying thermographic images of components attached to the internal component mounting panel to the remote monitoring station for monitoring thereof wherein the thermographic camera provides a mechanically scanned thermally sensing element wherein the mechanical scanning provides a track for moving the thermally sensing element wherein one housing wall provides an access door and the track includes two rails flanking the door and a carriage spanning the rails and moving along the rails and supporting the thermally sensing element for movement therealong, and further including a camera parking system for moving the carriage to an extreme point on the track when the door is opened.