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| 1160.1 | NO | MR3MI1::BORZUMATO | | Tue Mar 29 1994 17:33 | 11 |
| They are commonly used by wood workers. They are very accurate.
Its moisture content as a % that your looking.
Put your question in the woodworking notesfile, and ask about
a moisture meter. BTW they are very expensive, i think around
$35. For a basic unit.
JIm
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| 1160.2 | my Surveyor used one! | SALEM::ROGERS_S | | Wed Mar 30 1994 11:57 | 6 |
| I had a boat surveyed last summer and yes, the surveyor used a
moisture meter to assure that there was no water in a delaminated
spot. He probably spent 15 minutes just on that. Was it all show?
I can't tell you, it seemed to be part of his normal ritual.
Steve
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| 1160.3 | update - fyi | LJSRV2::CUMMINGS | Paul T. Cummings LTN2 | Wed Mar 30 1994 13:50 | 7 |
| update: I called another surveyor. He said he owned a couple of
meters and stoped using them because they were very unreliable through
fiberglass. He particularly noted that they didn't work at all through
bottom paint. Oh well. I guess I have my choice of experts. Again
difinitive information is welcome. Thanks for the help. BTW the
surveyor that uses a meter say's his cost 400$ and works "on some type
of radio waves".
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| 1160.4 | i shoulda asked | MR3MI1::BORZUMATO | | Wed Mar 30 1994 16:41 | 19 |
| I thought the wood was exposed, they won't do well thru glass.
Fine Woodworking tested about 8 or 10 and in the article they
mentioned that accuracy was .05%. The radio wave is close enough
fir this conversation, and he bought just about the most expensive
unit he could find. The other (less expensive) use probes with
very sharp points, that are pressed into wood to measure an
electrical difference. Kinda tough to do with fiberglass.
So if you want to measure moitsure, you'll need to remove the
glass (NOT).
JIm
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| 1160.5 | | SX4GTO::WANNOOR | | Thu May 05 1994 22:00 | 1 |
| The Tramell "Skipper" Ireland company works fine on FRP.
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