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Moisture content meters

Bought one of these and am using it to measure wood. The only issue I find is I'm sure what bit of the wood I should be measuring - for example, I can measure into the bark and get a reading of 30-40%; or I can measure the ends of the wood, where I've split the log, and get under 20% for the main body of the wood.

Anyone know what way I should be doing this?? Thanks.

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  • alleycat`
    alleycat` Posts: 1,901 Forumite
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    edited 15 September 2011 at 4:15PM
    Split it in half (length wise) and measure it along the "newly" exposed length (nearest the middle).

    To be fair i don't know if that is right or not mind :o

    I'd assume the outside and ends would be the driest by air exposure.
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