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Moisture meters
« 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.
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2015, 12:49:06 PM »
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2015, 12:55:29 PM »
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2015, 02:12:03 PM »
Lowes. 25-20% is good. Anything under 20% is great
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2015, 06:18:18 PM »
I got a general at lowes.
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2015, 06:25:17 PM »
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #7 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
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #8 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!
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2015, 09:23:02 AM »
Lowes or Home Depot has them cheap enough and they work fine..
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2015, 08:45:32 PM »
We ordered one, so we'll see how it turns out.
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2015, 10:54:47 AM »
Here's a pic.

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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2015, 12:56:05 PM »
Should work just fine!
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2015, 01:40:41 PM »
I bought one of those, first test I made bent the pins.   Dam concrete!
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Re: Moisture meters
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2015, 01:46:04 PM »
HA HA HA! silly transplanted frenchman, Love ya coolidge
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