ALLmeter ALL019 Pinless Moisture Meter Instruction Manual

ALLmeter ALL019 Pinless Moisture Meter

PLEASE READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THE MOISTURE METER. This device is a non-invasive (pinless) instrument that can measure the moisture content of the wall, masonry, softwood and hardwood. It comes with 9 grades of wood density are available.

FEATURES

• Display: LCD display
• 9 Grades of softwood density
• Alert value setting
• Low battery indication
• Non-invasive measurement

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Softwood measurement range: 0-60%
• Hardwood measurement range: 0-36%
• Wall measurement range: 0-20%
• Masonry measurement range: 0-33%
• Moisture readings of WALL and MASONRY are relative values.

MEASURING ACCURACY

SOFTWOOD and HARDWOOD: ±4% WALL and MASONRY: relative readings

• Resolution: 0.1%
• Operation temperature: 0 “C-40 ·c
• Storage temperature: -1 O “C-50 ·c
• Operation humidity: 0-90%RH
• Power supply: 3 x 1.5V AAA batteries
• Auto power-off in 5 minutes without operation

1. Low battery indication
2. Moisture bar display
3. Wood density grade
4. Hold icon
5. Moisture value
6. Measuring mode indication
7. DENSITY button
8. Alarm settings
9. HOLD button
10. POWER button
11. MODE button
12. Sensor
13. Battery case

WALL AND MASONRY MEASUREMENT MODE INTERPRETATION

In the WALL or MASONRY measurement mode, the reading of the instrument is only a relative indication of the humidity inside the measured material. This mode is applicable to quickly check the relative humidity level of walls and floors to determine whether it is necessary to conduct in-depth investigation on suspicious areas, such as bathrooms with tiles or walls with wallpaper.
Other conductors inside the wall, such as steel bars, wires, etc., may greatly affect the reading of the WALL or MASONRY measurement mode (For example, when in an area with steel bars, the reading will suddenly increase). Please pay attention to distinguish these interference factors during measurement and construction.

INSTALLING BATTERY
Open the battery cover, insert 3 x AAA batteries, matching the correct positive(+) and negative(-) terminals. Low battery indication:
The low battery indication  will display when the battery level is low, please replace them accordingly.

OPERATION INSTRUCTION

1. Turning on/off the meter
   Press the POWER button to tum on the instrument, the device enter its measurement status and the screen will display moisture value in previous setting. Press and hold POWER button for about 2 seconds to turn off the instrument.

2. Alert value setting
   After turning on the instrument, press the SET button to enter the interface of setting alert value. A digit will blink on the screen. Press the SET button or HOLD button to adjust the position of the blinking digit. Press the DENSITY button to adjust and increase the value of blinking digit. Press the MODE button to adjust and decrease the value of blinking digit. Once the setting is completed, then hold the HOLD button to confirm the setting. You can cancel the setting by holding the SET button for 2 seconds. When the value reaches or exceeds the set alarm value during measurement, there will an alarm sound.

3. Selecting the measuring mode
   After turning on the instrument, press MODE button to switch the measuring mode among wall, masonry, softwood and hardwood. The name of the measuring materials appears on the display accordingly.

4. Selecting desired density grades of the wood
   After turning on the instrument, select the mode softwood, then press the DENSITY button to switch the wood density from 1 ~9 grades, refer to the TABLE OF WOOD ABSOLUTE DRY DENSITY .”M1″-“M9” appears on the display accordingly.

5. Measurement
   After turning on the instrument, select the mode and density grade (if available). When measuring, make sure that the sensor board touches the object to be measured(keep your hand on the device while measuring).Moisture value and bar graph will display on the screen.

6. Moisture value hold function
   After turning on the instrument, under the measuring mode interface, press the HOLD button to lock the current moisture measurement value. “HOLD” icon appears on the display accordingly.

7. The display of moisture content column
   When measuring, the moisture content column displays in three colors: green, yellow, and red, Indicating the relative dry and wet state of the measured object. See below:

| GREEN

(DRY)

| YELLOW

(MID)

| RED

(WET)

---|---|---|---
WALL| <8%| 8-11.9%| ;e12%
MASONRY| <17%| 17-19.9%| ;,20%
SOFTWOOD| <13%| 13-17.9%| ;e18%
HARDWOOD| <12%| 12-15.9%| ;e16%

APPENDIXS

APPENDIX 1:
Note: Select grade “1” for densities below 0.35. TABLE OF WOOD ABSOLUTE DRY DENSITY

sugar pine

| 0.35|
Cedar| 0.5| 2| Poplar| 0.45| 2
Alder| 0.47| 2| Radiation

w ood

| 0.37|
Aspen| 0.42| 2| Spruce| 0.43| 2
Manchurian ash/Chinese ash| 0.6| 3| Shadiack| 0.6| 3
Linden| 0.37|  | Black walnut| 0.6| 3
Birch| 0.57| 3| Manchurian

walnut

| 0.47| 2
Cherry tree| 0.5| 2| Beech| 0.65| 4
Cottonwood| 0.4|  | Ormosia

henryi

| 0.82| 7
Cypress| 0.4|  | Chicken

wingwood

| 0.8| 6
Elm| 0.58| 3| Rubber tree| 0.65| 4
Redwood| 0.35|  | Olive tree| 0.75| 6
Hemlock| 0.45| 2| Hard firmiana| 0.35| 1
K ckory| 0.75| 6| lpe| 1| 9
Larch| 0.58| 3| lroko| 0.6| 3
Ph I pp ne mahogany| 0.5| 2| Jatoba| 0.8| 6
African

mahogany

| 0.5| 2| Keruing| 0.65| 6
Khaya| 0.5| 2| Merbau| 0.72| 5
Australian

mahogany

| 0.85| 6| Okoume| 0.4|
Maple/

colorwood

| 0.55| 3| Ramin| 0.55| 3
Eucalyptus

saligna

| 0.55| 3| Cumaru| 0.9| 8
Scarlet eucalyptus saligna| 0.75| 6| Faber oak| 0.7| 5
Red oak| 0.65| 4|  |  |

ANHANG2
NOTED: If the measured wood is not included in the table of wood absolute dry density, you need to calculate the density by using the following methods:

EXAMPLE
If the wood is 100cm(Length), 12cm(Width), 2.5cm(Height), then its volume is 3000 cubic cm. The measured weight of the timber is 1510g, its moisture content ratio is 12% (Get the data by oven drying method), and then the wood absolute dry density is:

POINTS FOR ATTENTION

1. Keep the device away from water or any corrosive liquid to avoid damage.
2. Keep the device away from any electrified object to avoid damage.
3. This device will be influenced by the electric field.
   Do not make measurements in the vicinity of any electric wire whenever possible.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

Why do the measurement results of moisture meters differ from different manufactures and different types? Different tree types different temperatures and wood from different regions influence electric parameters to a great extent, and most of the miniature meters can not offer corrections on tree type and humidity. Instead, they can only be based on a certain tree type and humidity. Different bases of different meters will certainly lead to difference in measurement results.

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