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Moisture Meter Won’t Come On (Read 467 times)
 
Mike Turner
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Moisture Meter Won’t Come On
Jun 18th, 2022 at 9:11am
 
I have a cheap General moisture meter I purchased from Lowes years ago for approximately $20. It has worked for years. I used it 6 weeks ago and it worked fine. Now it won’t come on. I checked the batteries..They are good but I put a new one in it that I checked also but it still won’t come on. Anything simple to look at or just toss it but then what is good to replace it with?
Thanks in advance!!!
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Re: Moisture Meter Won’t Come On
Reply #1 - Jun 18th, 2022 at 9:34am
 
moisture meters are one of those you get what you paid for things.  The more money they cost the better the quality and accuracy.  I use a cheap one from harbor freight but i use a postal scale to.  The meter is used to give me a ball park for when my twice turned things are close to dry.  Then i use a scale weighing once a day until i get 3 days of not loosing weight.  weight is a much more accurate measure of how dry it is.  Meters can only measure moisture as deep as you can get the pins in.
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Re: Moisture Meter Won’t Come On
Reply #2 - Jun 27th, 2022 at 3:04pm
 
I bought a Pinless General Moisture Meter General Tools Digital Moisture Meter MMD7NP   It works good so far.
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