Exotek Instruments MC-160SA Mode D'emploi page 8

PIN-FREE MOISTURE METERS
MANUAL
APPROXIMATE REFERENCE VALUES
MOISTURE CONTENT (% H
Building Material
Breezeblock
(cellular lightweight
concrete)
Bricks, plaster
Asbestos cement
Clinker-clay floor
tiles, wall tiles
Concrete, cement
wash floor
Gypsum
Marble, sandstone
Wood
Parquet flooring
Furniture (indoor)
Door/ window
(outdoor)
(Mold: 18 - 20 %, Rot: >28 %)
When examining wood, make sure that measurements are carried out
in accordance with its fibre direction – otherwise the measured values
will be too low. The measuring direction is correct when the wood fibre
direction is parallel to the indicator (see below).
REFERENCE MEASUREMENT
How to locate moist and leakage:
1. Set the Material code to 200 or E1
2. Hold the spring electrodes to a surface you know is dry
. The received value corresponds to a "dry material" and could
be used as reference value
4. Now it is possible to locate moist and leakage using the
reference value
5. By moving the measurement springs over the surface you
could quickly locate the leakage and find out about the extent
of the moist damage
ENG
MC-160SA
Dry
0 - 4
0 - 2.5
0 - 5
0 - 1,5
0 - 
0 - 1
0 - 1,5
Dry
6 - 8
6 - 9
12 - 15
- 8 -
O):
2
Moist Wet
4 - 5
2.5 - .5 > .5
5 - 7
1.5 - 2.0 > 2,0
 - 4
1 - 2
1.5 - 2
Moist Wet
> 5
> 7
> 4
> 2
> 2