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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: mtoll on January 01, 2015, 12:18:28 PM

Title: Moisture meters
Post by: mtoll on January 01, 2015, 12:18:28 PM

Anyone tell me where you can get a Moisture meter ? What would be a good average of moisture in your wood.

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: Jwood on January 01, 2015, 12:49:06 PM

Ebay

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: mlappin on January 01, 2015, 12:55:29 PM

Quote from: Jwood on January 01, 2015, 12:49:06 PM

Ebay

Yep, or Amazon

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: Grjfer on January 01, 2015, 02:12:03 PM

Lowes. 25-20% is good. Anything under 20% is great

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: jamesbodeis on January 01, 2015, 06:18:18 PM

I got a general at lowes.

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: userdk on January 01, 2015, 06:25:17 PM

http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wood+moisture+tester (http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wood+moisture+tester)

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xwood+moisture+tester&_nkw=wood+moisture+tester&_sacat=0 (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xwood+moisture+tester&_nkw=wood+moisture+tester&_sacat=0)

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: Trint on January 02, 2015, 06:49:28 PM

Lowes had them in the cardboard gift display boxes, on clearance after Christmas for 30% off.  Got one for $20 the other day, works good so far.

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: userdk on January 02, 2015, 09:12:28 PM

Here's one on Amazon. You just set it against the wood and hit the button. How accurate would it be? Is its high moisture high enough? If it works, it's so cheap everyone should have one. Check out the video.
http://smile.amazon.com/General-Tools-Instruments-MMD4E-Moisture/dp/B00275F5O2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420258321&sr=8-1&keywords=wood+moisture+tester (http://smile.amazon.com/General-Tools-Instruments-MMD4E-Moisture/dp/B00275F5O2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420258321&sr=8-1&keywords=wood+moisture+tester)

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: Jwood on January 02, 2015, 09:38:15 PM

They all give a reading its gonna be close enough within a couple percent, they don't need to be exact!

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: aries9245 on January 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AM

Lowes or Home Depot has them cheap enough and they work fine..

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: userdk on January 04, 2015, 08:45:32 PM

We ordered one, so we'll see how it turns out.

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: userdk on January 07, 2015, 10:54:47 AM

Here's a pic.

(http://i.tfcdn.com/img2/BzR6GXoAFcnRDcIgEABQ4xjGFeCAO6D100WaiyBgbCGFRAdxYPXz5R0_5-tp1PrsC29hybyHF-_xkMdoF4BQvJY919bKluStrlBWTrH_AjwDMaABO1mHxs6enCXnES0xRfwbkdydkCarBSn1NloLJZR8tPQF/fvUG-v8A.B)

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: Jwood on January 07, 2015, 12:56:05 PM

Should work just fine!

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: coolidge on January 07, 2015, 01:40:41 PM

I bought one of those, first test I made bent the pins.   Dam concrete!

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: slimjim on January 07, 2015, 01:46:04 PM

HA HA HA! silly transplanted frenchman, Love ya coolidge

Title: Re: Moisture meters
Post by: userdk on January 07, 2015, 08:43:17 PM

Call it a drop test. Did you get a video?