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Ridgid microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera
The microEXPLORER — part of the 85-year-old company's Ridgid brand of plumbing, electrical and HVAC tools —has a three-foot camera cable (expandable to 30 feet with optional extensions) bearing a scratch-resistant sapphire lens and four adjustable, high-intensity LEDs that capture images on the 3.5-inch color LCD. (See below.) You can then save them as high-resolution (1280 x 1040) JPG images or as live AVI video, through the camera's USB connection and SD-card compatability.
A 3x digital zoom lets you get close to areas just out of the camera head's reach, and a pan / tilt control let you move the camera up, down, left and right. Three included attachments are a hook, to grab and retrieve objects; a magnet, to pick up metal objects; and a mirror, which allows you to see around corners. The whole magilla is waterproof up to 10 feet, according to the company, so you can use it to, say, inspect a flooded basement for the source of a leak.
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Ridge Tool Company • 400 Clark Street, P.O. Box 4023, Elyria, Ohio 44036-2023 • (440) 323-5581 • toll-free (800) 4-RIDGID • E-mail contact form here
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