Reccomend me a moisture meter!

[BrotherBart]

They are a very common battery and I have at least twenty things in the house that use the same ones.

The last 50 I bought cost me $7.64 cents, shipping included.

 

[Rebelduckman]

At least for me the batteries were pretty pricey. I am just thinkin one could save a few bucks by taking them out, I learned this tip on this site thought I would share it.

Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely give it a go.

 

[Sconnie Burner]

Well I picked up a meter this afternoon after work since I have a scrounging project tomorrow, so I needed it asap to know which way to haul the wood-To my house or my parents place for seasoning. Being in town I'm limited on storage space. Ended up with the SBI (re-branded General) as the one at Menards was out.
I Played with it a little and confirmed my oak was at 25% as stated and found my other oak that I thought was too wet to actually be drier (20-22%)! So now my mind is at ease and I have more wood than I thought for this winter! And if I can round up another 2/3-3/4 of a cord or so tomorrow I should be set for a full winter! Thanks again for all the input guys!

 

[Mettlemickey]

To be fair mine does wiggle in better on logs ive split myself.

Maybe the kiln dried ones just get really hard in the kiln.

 

[Jutt77]

Although I have the multi meter method figured out it is a bit time consuming when trying to do it with a hammer and nail, tape measure, and 2 individual probes. I like the fastest method possible. I would like to simply check moisture while out in the woods or splitting to determine what is ready, what needs a summer, and what needs to wait till next year, so I dont end up with a dilemma like I have posted: (oak at 23-25%) in the middle of my winters stack under my deck. I do have a small budget for this item: $50-60. Are the cheaper ones reliable/durable?
Thanks again guys!

Used Delmhorst J-lite (eBay). May find one on the upper end of $60. Picked mine up for $80. Well made and pretty accurate.

 

[Bluezx636]

I have one of these types of meters. The instructions say to push it into the wood 5mm. I tried this yesterday on some kiln dried hard wood I had delivered but the woods too hard to push it in that far. I was getting readings between 3 and 6 percent pushing the sensor pins in approx 1-2mm. Does this sound about right?

I cant see how to get the pins in deeper without breaking it...

After I broke my first meter from putting to much pressure on it. I now after splitting a piece of wood, tap two small holes with a hammer and nail. Little more time consuming but the pins will last much longer.

 

[Lumber-Jack]

What happen to all the anti moisture meter posts?
Normally in a thread like this in this forum there would be at least half a dozen posts about how moisture meters are useless, and they are too inaccurate to be of any use, and that they are unnecessary because all you have to do split and stack your wood for 3 years, or just bang two pieces of wood together to tell if it's seasoned or not, etc, etc...
I just skimmed through the whole thread and not one anti MM post,,,,,, what's going on?

 

[Applesister]

The three year school moved on, I believe. On the eve of the Apple 6 coming out. Lol.
I went to a class the other night on how to use my new cellphone and everyone there looked liked members of AARP.
Gadgets are simply fun to play with. A cellphone with a moisture meter? Or a moisture meter that I can watch YouTube videos on?

 

[freebe]

I snagged a Dusiec Model MD812 off of ebay @ $15 shipped. Came with a case and a extra set of pins, seems to do a good job.

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