Use and Care Manual

OPERATINg INSTRUCTIONS

To measure a moisture level:

1. Remove the protective pin cap.

2. Remove the black rubber protective sleeve from each test

pin.

3. Press the button to power the meter on. The meter will

sound one beep and the LCD will temporarily illuminate

with a backlight and the following readout:

_ _ . _%

4. If you are measuring the moisture content of wood, skip

ahead to Step 5. To measure the moisture content of a

building material, briefly press the MODE button. This will

change the display to the following:

__ __ . __

5. Carefully press the test pins into the material whose

moisture level you wish to measure. The level will be

displayed as a percentage if it is within the measurement

range for the selected material:

For wood, the measurement range of the TS06 is 5 to

50%WME (Wood Moisture Equivalent). A moisture level

lower than 5% will produce the following readout: _ _ _%.

A level higher than 50% will produce a readout of

_ _ _

and sound the high moisture level audible alarm. The alarm

will sound for any wood moisture reading above 15.9%.

To silence the alarm, press and hold the MODE button.

For building materials, the measurement range of the

TS06 is 1.5 to 33%WME (Wood Moisture Equivalent). A

moisture level lower than 1.5% will produce the following

readout: _ _ _%. A level higher than 33% will produce a

readout of

_ _ _

% and sound the high moisture level

audible alarm. The alarm will sound for any building

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