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AZ Nomad wrote:
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:14:25 -0400, Blattus Slafaly wrote:
AZ Nomad wrote:
On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:21:38 -0400, Claude Hopper wrote:
You could probably use an infrared camera and a heat gun. Heat the wall
and then look at it with the camera. The drywall that is against studs
will change temperature more slowly; heat up slower, cool down slower
thus allowing you to see where the studs are.
Have you actually tried it? I really hate it when people give advice that is
merely pulled out of their ass.


They can tell if you are using grow lamps to grow marijuana in your
basement by the infrared glow of your basement walls.


Cite?

They usually go by existance of a utility bill that is five times higher
that normal.

Oh, cite yourself. I don't think anyone is driving around with a thermal
camera looking at rec room walls, but every year or so around here,
local news and/or discovery channel shows a tape of IR imaging from a
DEA or State Police chopper, cruising out in the country once harvest
season starts, looking for hotspots in pole barns. They then do a
drive-by, and if it isn't a working farm with animals, investigate
further, including pulling utility bills. Nobody monitors utility bills
of customers at random.

I don't think they mess with small basement growers much any more- no
money in that, for them. They want people growing on an industrial
scale, so they can seize and sell off the property and equipment,
thereby putting cash in their pocket.

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