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Pinless Moisture Meters
MC-380XCA
Manual
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APPROXIMATE REFERENCE VALUES MOISTURE
CONTENT (% H
2
O):
BUILDING MATERIAL
DRY
MOIST
WET
Breezeblock
(cellular lightweight
concrete)
0 - 4
4 - 5
> 5
Bricks, plaster
0 - 2.5
2.5 - 3.5
> 3.5
Asbestos cement
0 - 5
5 - 7
> 7
Clinker-clay floor
tiles, wall tiles
0 - 1.5
1.5 - 2
> 2
Concrete, cement
wash floor
0 - 3
3 - 4
> 4
Gypsum
0 - 1
1 - 2
> 2
Marble, sandstone
0 - 1.5
1.5 - 2
> 2
WOOD
DRY
MOIST
WET
Parquet flooring
6 - 8
Furniture (indoor)
6 - 9
Door/ window
(outdoor)
12 - 15
(Mold: 18 - 20 %, Rot: >28 %)
When examining wood, make sure that measurements are carried out
in accor-
dance with its fi bre direc on – otherwise the measured values will be too low.
The measuring direc on is correct when the wood fi bre direc on is parallel to
the indicator (see below).
REFERENCE MEASUREMENT
How to locate moist and leakage:
Set the Material code to 200 or CC2
Hold the spring electrodes or the bo om sensor to a surface you know
is dry
The received value corresponds to a “dry material” and could be used
as reference value
Now it is possible to locate moist and leakage using the reference value
By moving the measurement springs over the surface you could quickly
locate the leakage and fi nd out about the extent of the moist damage.
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