FLIR IMAGING MOISTURE METER with IGM MR160 - MOISTURE Modes; Internal Moisture Sensor Measurements (Pinless)

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5.2.4MOISTUREModes
FromtheMainMenuselecttheMOISTUREmodeicon(1).RefertoFig.5‐3.Thenchoose
fromthefourMoisturemodeoptions(items2,3,4,and5)asdescribedbelow.
1. MoistureModeIconfromtheMainMenu 
2. MATERIALGROUPS
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SelectaMaterialwoodgroupthatbestmatches
thematerialundertest.Thisappliesonlyfor
externalpin‐basedprobeuse;Usethenavigation
buttonstoscrollthroughthegrouplistanduse
theSelectbuttontochoosethegroup.The
selectedgroupwillshowabluedot.Seethe
MaterialWoodGroupListAppendixinSection9.
3. PINMODE
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PINmodemustbeselectedwhentheexternalpin‐basedprobeisused.Notethepinicon
(3)ontheupperleftofthemaindisplaywhenselected.
4. PINLESSMODE
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PINLESSmodemustbeselectedwhenusingtheinternalsensor.Notethepinlessicon(4)
ontheupperleftofthemaindisplaywhenselected.
5. SETREFERENCEMODE
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SETREFERENCEisusedtocomparethedisplayedreadingsagainstastoredreference
measurement(seeSection5.2.7ReferenceMode).Thismodeappliesonlytoreadings
takenwiththepinlessinternalsensor.
5.2.5InternalMoistureSensorMeasurements(Pinless) 
1. FollowthestepsinSection5.2.1through5.2.4andselectthePinlessmode.
2. Placetheinternalmoisturesensor(back)onthesurfaceofthematerialtobetested.
Applylightpressuretoensurethattheinternalsensoriscompletelyflatagainstthe
surfaceofthematerialundertest.
3. Therelativemoisturereadingisdisplayedonthemaindisplay intheupperleftha
nd
corner(IR+IGMMoisturemode)orasbargraphwithaccompanyingdigits(Moisture‐
onlymode).RefertoexamplescreensshowninFig.5‐1.
4. Keephands,surfaces,andobjectsawayfromtherearinternalmoisturesensorarea
whentakingme
asurements.
5. Forbestresults,liftthemeteroffofthesurfaceundertestbetweenmeasurement
points;donotdragthemeteroversurfaces.
Fig.5‐3Moisturemodeicons
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