Re: catalina27-talk: Harbor Freight Search Result Page

[Rudolph S. Behar]

Phil, It's item #93300 RudyB Phil Agur wrote: Rudy, Harbor may substitute a different make and model in the future, which one do you have? Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip Commodore, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com [mailto:catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com] On Behalf Of Rudolph S. Behar Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:47 PM To: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Harbor Freight Search Result Page All, I finally have given the meter a good try out and believe that the Chinese must have copied the higher end meter, since the one I have seems to work swell. Some readings, for expectations. Piano bench 6% moisture Oak diniing room table: 6% Kitchen cutting board: 12% My hand: 40+ % (the literature suggests that this is near the top of the meteer's range.) Now the interesting ones: Companionway boards: 12% (teak, and rained on yeasterday) Sliding salon top: 6% Cockpit floor: 6% Six inches aft of the stem fitting: 7% ( I had rebedded the stem fitting 1 1/2 years ago) 1 1/2 foot aft of the stem fitting 16% 5" port and starboard of the mast step: 17% These last two are right in line with the figures give me by my surveyor, and I believe indicate a need for remedial action. In all, and politics aside, I feel I can recommend the $150 meter. and Harbor freight has a responsive return policy. Operation is baby simple; battery is the common 9 volt battery, as used in most smoke alarms. Google Harbor Freight; search: moisture meter. I'd be glad to set the meter to any boat reasonably near to Columbia or Pasadena, MD Rudy B. Phoenix, #2237 Pasadena. MD Rudolph S. Behar wrote: Doug, See my email to to Dave Breski for my situation with the meter. So far I'm in the testing stage, or rather in the non-testing stage because of the weather. For me absolute accuracy is not all that important: I'm looking for relative accuracy, to locate the wetter spots. I'll use the sliding hatch-cover as a reference: I believe it is quite dry inside. The four sensitivites may be useful, but they don't change things much: At the lowest sensitivity, my oak dining room table read 6%, at max sensitivity, it reads14%. Dave may very well be right about my meter, which is definitely low-end. I'm planning to try out the meter on the boat this weekend. Will rreport. Rudy Doug Plotner wrote: Rudy, I didn't have luck with your link, but I did go onto www.harborfreight.com, did a keyword search for "moisture" and found the item I think you're talking about. The link I copied for it is: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93300 I noticed the description indicates that it has four scales for various types of wood. Do you have any feel for what it's accuracy might be for fiberglass, or for balsa sandwiched in fiberglass? Thanks, Doug Plotner #6494 Dawg Daze -----Original Message----- From: "Rudolph S. Behar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 13, 2005 8:47 AM To: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com Subject: catalina27-talk: Harbor Freight Search Result Page Hello, For those who were interested in the non-contact ("non-destructive") moisture meter from Harbor Freight, once again I think I've figured out how to send a link. But it's true I've though that two other times without being able to do so. Herre's the current effort. Rudy B. Phoenix, #2237 Pasadena, MD http://order.harborfreight.com/EasyAsk/harborfreight/results.jsp