HTC INSTRUMENT MS-02 Wood Moisture Meter
Safety information
Warning:
Before using this product, please read this manual carefully and be familiar with the operation of the product, Keep this manual properly so that you can refer to it when necessary.
Precautions to avoid personal injury or instrument damage
- Operate the product correctly within thee parameters specified in the technical data sheet according to the purpose of the product.
- Do not store this product with solvents, acids, or other corrosive substances.
- Be careful of personal injury caused by electrodes. Please cover the protective cap when the product is not in use.
- Do not touch the electrode with any charged object to avoid damaging the product.
Product description
This product is a DC resistance type (pin type) material moisture meter, commonly used to measure the moisture content of wood or building materials. The moisture content of the material is displayed directly as a percentage. The instrument has built-in characteristic parameters of 7 different kinds of wood and building materials. This measurement can provide a basis for the need for further drying. In addition to measuring the moisture content of the material, the ambient humidity and temperature can also be measured so that the dry environment can be evaluated directly on site
Function features
- Built-in characteristic parameters of 7 different kinds of wood and building materials
- Single point measurement
- Multi-point average measurement
- Data hold
- Maximum and minimum measurement
- Automatic shutdown (can be canceled when the user starts up)
- Ambient temperature measurement
- Environmental humidity measurement
- Low battery indicator
Meter description
- Protective cap
- Measurement pins
- LCD display
- Function keys
Press key description
- Power on/off key
- Data hold key
- Temperature unit selection key
- Measure material category selection key
- Max/Min data key
Measurement operation
Attention
In order to ensure the accuracy of the measurement readings, please select as many points of average measurement as possible. Be Sure to measure moisture along the grain. The values shown are closely related to the building materials/manufacturers and the surrounding environment. Sometimes even for the same material, there will be great differences between different batches
Meter testing
- Press the
key to turn on the power and enter the measurement mode. - Press the
key to select the measured material category as A, and the material category letter is displayedin the lower-left corner of the display. - After selecting the material category, remove the protective cap, insert two test pins of the instrument into the test contacts on the protective cap at the same time, and ensure good contact.
- Press the
key to hold the measurement result and the symbol.”H” is displayed on the LCD screen. - Read the measurement result from the display.
- When the measurement is finished, please put the protective cap on in time.
Other operations
Auto shut down
Without any operation, the meter will automatically shut down after about 10 minutes to save battery energy. If necessary, you can cancel the automatic shutdown function as follows:: Press and hold the key, and then turn on the power. The automatic power off will be canceled, and the symbol
will be hidden. so the user needs to turn the power off manually.
Maximum and minimum measurement
Press to turn on the function of maximum and minimum values, and then press
this key to view the maximum and minimum values in cycles; press and hold for about 2 seconds to exit the function of maximum and minimum values.
Red, Orange and Green tricolor Backlight
Automatically match the appropriate color
backlight according to the moisture content
- Red backlight: High moisture content showing the letter W
- Orange backlight: Moderate moisture content, showing the letter M
- Green backlight: Low moisture content, showing the letter D
Moisture content range for three color backlight
| Backlight
color |
Moisture
content range |
Material
type |
| Red | W?24% |
A |
| Orange | 15%’-‘.M<24% | |
| Green | D<lS% | |
| Red | W?-22% | |
| Orange | 14%’-‘.M<22% | |
| Green | D<14% | |
| Red | W?4% | |
| Orange | ||
| Green | 0<2% |
| Red | ||
| Orange | ||
| Green | D<l% | |
| Red | ||
| Orange | 2%:S’.M<3% | |
| Green | D<2% | |
| Red | wJ;2% | |
| Orange | ||
| Green | 0<1% | |
| Red | ||
| Orange | ||
| Green | D<l% |
Material category selection
Press 
key to select A-G material category number. Please refer to the material comparison table for material number selection.
Temperature unit selection
Press 
to change the temperature unit.
Technical
Sensor: Resistance type (conductivity measurement), high precision temperature and humidity sensor
Measurement Range/Accuracy:
- Material A: 9.0%~57.0% t2.0%
- Material B: 7.0%52.0% t2.0%
- Material C: 0.9%~23.0% t2.0%
- Material D: 0.0%12.0% t2.0%
- Material E: 0.7%9.0% t2.0%
- Material F: 0.5%~10.0% Ł2.0%
- Material G: 0.0%~17.0% t2.0%
Temperature & Humidity specification
|
Temperature |
Measuring
range |
-20.o·-c-60.0″C(-4.0T
-140.0T) |
| Accuracy | O.Q°C-45.0″C(32″F-1
13″f) ±1.0’C/2.0T Other: ±1.S-C/3.0″F |
|
| Humidity | Measuring
range |
0.0% -99.9%RH |
| Accuracy | 20%-80%:±5.0RH
Other: ±6.0RH |
Ambient temperature:
-20.0~60.0’C (-4.0140F) +1.5’C
Ambient humidity:
0.099.9% +4.0%RH
- Use environment: -10 ~50°C/ 20 ~90%RH
- Storage environment:-10 ~60°C/ 20 ~90%RH
- Power:3×1.5V AAA AlIkaline battery
Maintain
Battery replacement
- Turn off the power
- Use a screwdriver to loosen the screws on the battery cover and open the battery cover.
- Remove the old battery and replace it with a new battery of the same type (3 x 1.5V AAA alkaline battery) Then close the battery cover and lock the battery cover with screws.
Note: Pay attention to the polarity of the battery when replacing it
Clean
Clean the meter surface with a mild detergent and a slightly wet cloth
Material comparison table
| MaterialA | Beech, spruce, larch, birch, cherry, walnut:
8.8~54.8 % |
| MaterialB | Oak, pine, maple, ash, Douglas fir,
Eucalyptus:6.8~47.9% |
| Material( | Cement mortar layer, concrete: o.9~22.1 % |
| MaterialD | Anhydrous gypsum mortar layer:
o.o~ll.0% |
| MaterialE | Cement mortar: 0.7~8.6 % |
| MaterialF | Lime mortar, gypsum: 0.6~9.9 % |
| MaterialG | Brick: 0.0′”16.5 % |
Calibration Tables of Wood
- Abies alba (B)
- Agathis robusta (A)
- Abies grandis (A)
- Agba (A)
- Abies Procera (A)
- Acacia Wood (A)
- Amblygonocarpus
- andogensis (A)
- Acanthopanex
- Amblygonocarpus
- ricinifolius(A)
- obtusungulis (A)
- Acer macrophyllum (A)
- Amboyna (B)
- Acer
- Araucaria
- pseudoplatanus (A)
- angustifolia(B)
- Acer saccharum (A)
- Araucaria bidwilli (B)
- Aetoxicon
- Araucaria
- cunningham (B)
- Ash, American (B)
- punctatum (B)
- Afara (A)
- Formosa (B)
- Ash, European (A)
- Ash, Japanese (A)
- Afrormosia elata (B)
- Afzelia (B)
- Ayan (B)
- Afzelia spp (B)
- Baguacu,
- Bracllian(A)
- Agathis australis (B)
- Agathis Palmerston (A)
- Balsa (A)
- Bamboo (A)
- Boxwood,
- Banga Wanga (A)
- Maracaibo (A)
- Basswood (B)
- Brachylaena
- Beech, European (B)
- hutchinsii (A)
- Berlina (B)
- Brachystegia spp (B)
- Berlinia grandiflora (B)
- Calophyllum
- brasiliense (B)
- Berlina spp (B)
- Betula alba (A)
- Camphorwood, E
- Betula
- African (B)
- alleghaniensis (A)
- Canarium
- Betula pendula (A)
- schweinfurthii (B)
- Betula spp (A)
- Canarium, African (B)
- Bintang (B)
- Cardwell sublimes(B)
- Birch, European (A)
- Birch, Yellow(A)
- Carya glabra (A)
- Cassipourea elliotii (A)
- Bisson (B)
- Cassipourea
- Bitterwood (A)
- melanosana (A)
- Blackbutt (B)
- Bosquiea A)
- Castanea Sativa (B)
- cedar, West
- Bosquiera phoberos (A)
- Indian(A)
- Cedar, Western Red (B)
- Croton
- Cedar, Japanese (B)
- megalocarpus (A)
- Cryptomelia
- japonica (B)
- Cedrela odorata (A)
- Ceratopetalum
- apetala (B)
- Cupressus spp (A)
- Chamaecyparis spp
- Cypress,E African (A)
- (18-28%mc) (B)
- Cypress, Japanese
- Chamaecyparis spp
- (18-28%mc) (B)
- (8-18%mc) (A)
- Ypress, Japanese
- Cherry and Apple
- Wood (A)
- (8-18%mc) (A)
- Dacrydium
- Cherryand apple
- franklini(5)
- wood (B)
- Dahoma (A)
- Dalbergia latifolia (A)
- Cherry, European(A)
- Chestnut (B)
- Danta(B)
- Chlorophora excelsa(A)
- Diospyros virginiana (B)
- Coachwood (B)
- Dipterocarpus
- Cordia alliodora (A)
- Cordia, American
- (Keruing) (A)
- Dipterocarpus
- Light (A)
- zeylanicus (A)
- Distemonanthus
- cylindricum (B)
- benthamianus (B)
- Entandrophragma
- Douglas Fir (B)
- utile (A)
- Dracontomelium
- Erimado (A)
- mangiferum (B)
- Dryobanalops spp(A)
- Erythrophleum spp(B)
- Eucalyptus
- Dyera costulata (B)
- Elm (D)
- acmcnicides (B)
- Eucalyptus crebra (B)
- Elm (D)
- Eucalyptus
- diversicolor (A)
- Elm, English (B)
- Elm, Japanese Grey
- Eucalyptus globulus (B)
- Bark (B)
- Eucalyptus maculate(A)
- Eucalyptus
- Elm, Rock (B)
- Elm, White (B)
- marginata (B)
- Empress Tree(A)
- Eucalyptus
- Endiandra
- microcuries (A)
- palmerstoni (B)
- Eucalyptus
- Entandrophragma
- obliqua(B)
- angolense (B)
- Entandrophragma
- Eucalyptus pilularis(B)
- Eucalyptus saligna (B)
- Eucalyptus wandoo(A)
- Greenheart (B)
- Fagus sylvatica (B)
- Picea abies(B)
- Fir, Douglas(B)
- Grevillea robusta (B)
- Guarea cedrata (B)
- Guarea thomsonii (A)
- Guarea, Black (A)
- Fir, Grand(A)
- Guarea, White (B)
- Guibortia White (B)
- Fir, Noble (A)
- Flindersia
- Gum, American
- brayleyana (B)
- Fraxinus Americana(B)
- Red(A)
- Fraxinus excelsior (A)
- Gum, Saligna(B)
- Fraxinus japonicus (A)
- Gum, Southern (B)
- Gum, Spotted (A)
- Gurjun (A)
- Fraxinus
- mardshurica (A)
- Gequ, Nohor(B)
- Hemlock, Western (B)
- Gonystylus
- Hevea Brasiliense (B)
- macrophyllum (B)
- Hiba (A)
- Hickory (A)
- Gossweilodendron
- balsamiferum (A)
- Hyedunani (B)
- Intsia bijuga(B)
- GOssypiospermum
- proerox (A)
- Jarrah (B)
- Jelutong (B)
- Liquidamber
- Juglans nigra (A)
- styraciflua (A)
- Juglans regia (B)
- Locust/Robinia
- Kapur (A)
- pseudoacacia (A)
- Karri A
- Locust/Robinia
- Kauri, New Zealand (B)
- pseudoacacia (A)
- Kauri, Queensland (A)
- Loliondo (B)
- Keruing (A)
- Lovoa klaineanal (A)
- Khaya ivorensis (A)
- Lovoa trichiloides (A)
- Khaya senegalensis (B)
- Iroko(A)
- Kuroka (A)
- Lronbank (B)
- Larch, European (B)
- Maesopsis eminii (A)
- Larch, Japanese (B)
- Mahogany, African(A)
- Larch, Western (A)
- Mahogany, West
- Larix decidua (B)
- Indian (B)
- Larix kaempferi (B)
- Makore (B)
- Larix Nephrolepis (B)
- Mansonia (B)
- Larix occidentalis (A)
- Mansonia altissima(B)
- Lime(B)
- Maple, Pacific (A)
- Pterocarpus indicus(B)
- Californian (B)
- Pterocarpus soyausi(A) Ricinodendron
- Pterygota bequaerti(A)
- heudelotti (A)
- Pterygota, African (A)
- Rosewood, Indian(A)
- Pyinkado (B)
- Rubberwood(B)
- Queensland Walnut(B) Santa Maria (B)
- Queensland Kauri (A)
- Sapele (B)
- Quercus Alba (A)
- Sarcocephalus
- Quercus Alba (A)
- diderrichii (B)
- Quercus robur (A)
- Scottellia coriacea (B)
- Quercus spp (A)
- Sen (A)
- Quercus cerris (B)
- Sequoia
- Quercus
- sempervirens (B)
- delegatensis (B)
- Seraya, Red (B)
- Quercus gigantean (B)
- Ramin (B)
- Shorea smithiana (B)
- Redwood, Baltic
- Shorea spp (B)
- Silky Oak, African (B)
- (European) (A)
- Redwood,
- Silky Oak, Australian(B)
- Southern Cypress(A)
- Sycamore(A)
- southern cypress (A)
- Syncarpia
- Split California Black
- glomulifera (B)
- Syncarpia laurifolia(B)
- Tallowwood (A)
- Oak (A)
- Spruce, Japanese
- Tarrietia utilis (B)
- Taxus baccata (B)
- (18-289%mc) (B)
- Spruce, Japanese
- Teak (A)
- (8-18%mc) (A)
- Spruce, Norway
- Tectona grandis (A)
- (European) (B)
- erminalia Superba(A)
- Spruce, Sitka (B)
- Thuja plicata (B)
- Sterculia
- Thujopsis dolabrat (A)
- rhinopetala (A)
- Tieghamella heckelii(B)
- Sterculia, Brown (A)
- Tilia americana (B)
- Stringybark,
- Tilia Vulgaris (B)
- Messmate (B)
- Totara (B)
- Stringybark, Yellow(B)
- Triploehiton
- Swietania candollei(A)
- scleroxylon (B)
- Swietenia mahogany(B)
- Tsuga heterophylia (B)
- Turpentine (B)
- xylia dolabriformis (B)
- Uimus americana(B)
- Yew (B)
- Ulmus procera (B)
- Ulmus thomasii (B)
- Utile (A)
- Walnut (B)
- walnut (B)
- Walnut, African (A)
- Walnut, American (A)
- Walnut, European (B)
- Walnut, New
- Guinea (B)
- Walnut, Queensland (B)
- Wandoo (A)
- Wawa (B)
- White Pine (A)
- white pine (A)
- Whitewood (B)
Documents / Resources
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HTC INSTRUMENT MS-02 Wood Moisture Meter [pdf] User Manual MS-02 Wood Moisture Meter, MS-02, MS-02 Moisture Meter, Wood Moisture Meter, Moisture Meter, Wood Meter, Meter |
