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3. MEASURING INSTRUCTIONS

Remove the cap to expose the needle electrodes OR Connect the heavy

duty moisture probe socket on the right hand side of this instrument and

switch-on by pressing " ". Select the appropriate wood calibration scale

(A, B, C, E, F, G, H or J) by referring to the enclosed wood calibration

table and pressing " ". Push into the wood and observe the reading.

4. USING THIS INSTRUMENT WITHOUT THE TEMPERATURE

PROBE

The instrument is calibrated for wood at 20°C (68°F). In general, timber

that is hotter than 20°C will give higher readings and timber colder than

20°C will give lower readings. An approximate manual correction of 0.5%

moisture content per 5°C may be subtracted from timber that is above

20°C. For timber that is below 20°C, a manual correction of 0.5%

moisture content per 5°C may be added to the measured value.

Switch the instrument on and select the appropriate wood calibration

scale as detailed in sections 1. Using a hammer and nail of nominal 3 mm

diameter, make a hole in the wood to be tested. Remove the nail and

push the Temperature Probe into the hole until the tip is at the required

depth. Connect the Temperature Probe into the instrument via the "Temp"

socket. Then using this instrument to measure timber can obtain the

automatically temperature corrected (ATC) moisture value. If you need to

read current temperature of timber press "T" button, then LCD will display

the temperature. Press "T" button the LCD will display either °C or °F

temperature. Pressing "

(Temperature Range: -35°C ~ 80°C).

Combinatorial using " " + " " button can change the default

automatically switch-off time. Depress the " " button don't release and

press the " " button will automatically change the switch-off time

(disable automatically switch-off or set from 1 to 9 minutes) by changing

the code as detailed in the following table.

Code

Disables automatic switch-off

Selects automatic switch-off at 1 minute

Selects automatic switch-off at 2 minutes

Selects automatic switch-off at 3 minutes

...... ......And so on to......

Selects automatic switch-off at 9 minutes

" button the LCD display moisture value again.

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