Groggy
12th January 2013, 10:38 PM
I have finally found a cheap moisture meter that seems to do the job without costing hundreds of dollars.
For $36 Burg Wachter (German) make the moisture meter shown, the profi scale. It is simple yet has a few functions and can even tell you the ambient temperature, it comes with a small case with a belt loop and also has a wrist strap.
It comes well packed and has a plastic insert to deactivate the batteries. If you are careful when opening you can keep the insert under the cover for disabling the batteries again for storage. There is a plastic cover on the glass with some stylised number graphics that is removed then you are ready to go. I tried it on a piece of timber I know to be quite dry (from my workbench build) and it came up at 9% which would be about right.
I am glad to have something cheap to use that does the job. I'll try to test it against one of the more expensive units but I don't know anyone with one.
Purchased from Get Woodworking in Williamstown Melbourne 03 9399 1963 (tel:03 9399 1963)
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For $36 Burg Wachter (German) make the moisture meter shown, the profi scale. It is simple yet has a few functions and can even tell you the ambient temperature, it comes with a small case with a belt loop and also has a wrist strap.
It comes well packed and has a plastic insert to deactivate the batteries. If you are careful when opening you can keep the insert under the cover for disabling the batteries again for storage. There is a plastic cover on the glass with some stylised number graphics that is removed then you are ready to go. I tried it on a piece of timber I know to be quite dry (from my workbench build) and it came up at 9% which would be about right.
I am glad to have something cheap to use that does the job. I'll try to test it against one of the more expensive units but I don't know anyone with one.
Purchased from Get Woodworking in Williamstown Melbourne 03 9399 1963 (tel:03 9399 1963)
.249317249318249319249320249321