Delmhorst C-2000 Owner's Manual page 8

Testing Seed Cotton
hAttach the
tor on top of the meter.
hSet the scale for (
hPlace a small quantity of cotton in the sample cup. Press
the cotton firmly into the cup with your finger. The cotton
sample in the cup should be overflowing during the test,
even while you are pressing it with your finger.
hPress the read button
the display. The meter displays the %MC for two seconds.
Readings below 6% seed cotton will be displayed as a nega-
tive number. Readings above 20% seed cotton will be dis-
played as a blinking "20.2%". Both the extreme low and
extreme high readings should be disregarded. They will not
be added to the accumulated readings or used in calculation
of the average or highest reading.
Tests made on seed cotton may not be as accurate as those
made on lint cotton. This is due to the fact that the seed cot-
ton sample is obviously made up of lint and seed, and the
quantity of seed may vary from sample to sample. Also, the
moisture content of the seed is usually higher than that of
the lint.
When testing seed cotton, direct contact is still made with
the cotton fiber only and not with the seed of the sample.
V ariables in quantities and moisture content of the seed,
during calibration and in field tests, may affect the accuracy
and repeatability of the meter readings. The seed cotton
scale gives an indication of "total" moisture content (the
moisture content of the seed and the lint in a sample as
determined by oven tests) in the seed cotton sample. This
may be of interest only in buying and selling seed cotton
where some consideration may be given to the weight rela-
tionship between moisture content and dry matter .
52-E/C Sample Cup Electrode to the connec-
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2) Seed Cotton and select a set point.
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and read the moisture content on
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