CONCRETE MOISTURE ENCOUNTER X5 USER GUIDE
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NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT MODE
1. Press the key to power up. With no Hygro-i2
probe or pin probe connected the last used scale
will be displayed on the LCD. Press key again to
power off.
2. To choose between scales in Non-Destructive
Testing (NDT), use theShortcut Menu:press ,
scroll and press to select between Concrete
MC, CM Concrete (Carbide Method equivalent for
concrete), CM Anhydrite/Gypsum, Gypsum Ref
0-12 and Reference scales and return to main
screen.
3. Press your Concrete Moisture Encounter X5
directly onto the surface of the material being
tested ensuring that all the electrode spring-
loaded pins are fully compressed.
The Ambient values are always shown along the bottom
of the display in all NDT modes.
Concrete MC Scale
When the Concrete scale is selected the quantitative
moisture content (%MC) measurement is shown in
the middle of the display. The moisture content (MC)
is displayed 0 to 6.9% on the Concrete Moisture
Encounter X5 display. Readings on a concrete floor
slab obtained on this scale indicate moisture content
and should not be confused with any other unit of
measurement obtained by other moisture testing
methods or meters.