Checkline BL2 User Manual
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MEASURING PROCEDURE BL2 HAMMER
1. For a correct measurement please ensure that the
device has the same temperature than the wood (+/-
3°C). For that reason, let your humimeter BL2 hammer
adjust to the surrounding temperature of the material for
at least half an hour before measuring.
2. Switch on the device: Press the key for three
seconds.
3. Choose a part of the wood, WITHOUT bark, branches,
pitch pockets or cracks and drive the ram electrode in
the right angle to the grain into the wood. Hold the top of
the electrode with one hand, take the handhold with the
other hand and push down the handhold with active
force. Drive the nails about 2 cm deep into the wood.
Attention: Risk of injury!!!
4. Plug in the sensor cable into the socket of the BL2. Take
care of the correct position and fix it with the knurled nut.
5. Change the calibration curve: Press one time the
key
and then the
or
key. The name of the calibration
curve can be seen at the head of the display.
6. Now the display shows the water content. Left hand
the temperature is displayed.
7. To save the results in the save menu press the
(
button). The storage was successful when the
number in front of the symbol
increased. To reach the
store menu please press
until the
appears.
8. To name the saved results press the
button.
9. Push out the ram electrode of the wood with caution.
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