SILVERPLATE
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My wife found this in the street today. It is GE brand and seems to work just fine testing something. What is it used for. Thanks and Happy Holidays...Mike
What is it?
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dragonballz
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billybudge
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Looks like a teaser gun, lol
koditten
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Micro fuse tester? If the contacts are less than 1/2" apart, that will tell you if the fuse is good or bad.
Pretty handy for the guys like me that are just getting used to the bifocal glasses thing.
If it is not the fuse tester, its a water conductivity/ph meter. GE is big in water testing.
Let us know for sure.
KO
Pretty handy for the guys like me that are just getting used to the bifocal glasses thing.
If it is not the fuse tester, its a water conductivity/ph meter. GE is big in water testing.
Let us know for sure.
KO
koditten
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If its for water testing, it should have some calibration instuctions under the battery cover.
OP
SILVERPLATE
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You guys are good and fast. Yep a GE Moisture meter and $390 at discount price too! Missing the end protective cap and already ordered it for 5 bucks. Great find I guess.
DieselSaves
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So does it tell you how wet the water is?
What properties does it determine? Salt content, hardness, or is it for testing the moisture content of a specific product?
koditten
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Its for testing the moisture content of wood. You push the probes into the wood and the moisture content is revieled. Wood workers who have their own lumber milled use these tools.
DieselSaves
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I know what moisture content and testing is like for hay, grains, and soil. What does it tell you about wood?
scaron
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well, you want to know that the wood is fairly dry before you start working with it.
Wood moves as its moisture content changes. It moves differently depending on the grain direction. Even once "dry", wood moves with changes in relative humidity due to changes in equilibrium moisture content.
Knowing that the wood is dry is half the battle. Knowing that all the wood going into a project is at roughly the same moisture content is also important. Otherwise, when the job is complete, stresses will develop as the various pieces used to create the object all reach the same final equilibrium moisture content.
The stresses will show up as warps, cracked door panels, tables with uneven glue joints or open joints, etc.
Knowing that the wood is dry is half the battle. Knowing that all the wood going into a project is at roughly the same moisture content is also important. Otherwise, when the job is complete, stresses will develop as the various pieces used to create the object all reach the same final equilibrium moisture content.
The stresses will show up as warps, cracked door panels, tables with uneven glue joints or open joints, etc.
Will S.
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Moisture meters are also used for checking water intrusion on the hulls, transoms, and stringers of boats. The one shown would be an invasive test (e.g. penetrate the surface, actually causing damageO, so it would not be suitable for anything except maybe below-decks work.
The moisture meter I have uses a non-invasive technology, and so is suitable for many different materials; wood, as well as (even gel-coated) FRP (fiberglass).
O.P.: Good find!!!
The moisture meter I have uses a non-invasive technology, and so is suitable for many different materials; wood, as well as (even gel-coated) FRP (fiberglass).
O.P.: Good find!!!
DieselSaves
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Good stuff to know. What kind of percentages are we talking about for seasoned wood, dry wood, green wood?
"Dry" wood varies with the relative humidity and the species, but 5% to 15% is a good value.
The book "Understanding Wood" by Bruce Hoadley can answer the question much better than I can.
Swan
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Most newspapers offer free "lost and found" ads. Perhaps you should list it and try to find the rightful owner.
thebeekeeper1
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Zeke
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Some painters use the MM to see if they should be painting or not. Yeah, I'd put it up on CL one time. It's not something you will use a lot so why Bogart it?
devoncoolman
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The chances of finding the owner are slim to non. Not many people read the news paper anymore. If i found it i would let it sit around for awhile. If nobody knocked on my door asking if id seen it then i would consider it mine.
KF5LCH
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Nice find! Someone didn't care enough to keep it secured. Finders keepers as far as I'm concerned unless it has contact information somewhere on it.
No way in hell would I leave a $400 tool unsecured.
No way in hell would I leave a $400 tool unsecured.
post a CL ad in the tools section.
"found, expensive tool at X location on X day", pleae email description of wha t you lost to retrieve it."
just don't say what it is, let them guy who lost it try to find someone trying to sell it, a ton of people check CL immediately after losing something or having something stolen in hopes of finding someone who got it.
woodrail
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Kevin54
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When we had our waterline bust to our 'fridge, they had to test the moisture in our wood floors to see where they had to place mats to extract the moisture from. The meter would tell where the highest concentration of moisture was and how much moisture. The one they had though they could drive the probes in with a rubber mallet.
Nice find, but not particularly handy for the homeowner.
Nice find, but not particularly handy for the homeowner.
rasit
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Could be a teaser gun. Touch probes to taint, push the button. Nothing like a taser gun.....
hydro182
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we use that model to check paper roll stock at the plant.
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