H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 3 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 General note Read through this document attentively and make yourself familiar to the operation of the device before you use it. Keep this document in a ready-to-hand way in order to be able to look up in the case of doubt. 2 Safety 2.1 Intended use The device is suitable for the measurement of moisture content and temperature.
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 4 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Do not use this product as safety or emergency stop device or in any other application where failure of the product could result in personal injury or material damage. Failure to comply with these instructions could result in death or serious injury and material damage.
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 5 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 3.4 Connections 1: Output: Operation as interface: Connect to optically isolated interface adapter (accessory: GRS 3100 or USB 3100 N) Operation as analogue output: Connection via suitable cable. Attention: The output mode has to be configured (p.r.t chapter 8) and influences battery life! 2: Sensor-connection: BNC 3: Temperature-probe-connection: Thermocouple type K (NiCr-...
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 6 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 4 Device configuration Some menu items will be shown depending on the actual device configuration (e.g. there are some items disabled when the logger contains data). Please note the hints by the menu items. For configuration of the device press "Menu"-key (key 4) for 2 seconds, the main menu will be shown (main display: “SEt”).
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 7 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5 Some basics of precision material moisture measuring 5.1 Measuring method The electrical resistance depends on the material moisture in many cases. Therefore the device measures the (possibly extremely high) values of resistance and converts them to the displayed value by means of integrated characteristic curves.
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 8 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5.6 Measuring in wood: Measuring with two measuring-needles Normally wood is measured with measuring-needles. Used electrodes: impact-electrode GSE91 or GSG91, reciprocating piston electrode GHE91. For measuring wood, punch in the measuring-needles across to the wood-grain, having a good contact between the needles and the wood (measuring along wood-grain deviates minimal) Select correct wood-sort (refer to Appendix A).
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 9 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5.7.3 Measuring Split the log: Use an suitable axe for splitting. Fast working splitting machines can produce heat which may falsify the measuring. Preparation of core temperature measuring of log: Drive in the impact electrode, put temperature probe into the generated hole.
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 10 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5.8 Measuring other materials 5.8.1 ‘Hard‘ materials (concrete or similar): Measuring with brush-type probes (GBSL91 or GBSK91) Drill two holes with Ø6mm (GBSK91) or Ø 8mm (GBSL91) at intervals of 8 to 10cm into the material to be measured.
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 11 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 6 Hints for special functions 6.1 Moisture evaluation ('WET' - 'MEDIUM' - 'DRY') Additionally to the measuring value, an individual moisture evaluation will be displayed simultaneously. This moisture evaluation is only a guidance value, the final evaluation is depending on the application of the material e.g: Cement floor pavement ZE, ZFE without additives: Readiness without floor heating at 2,3% with floor heating 1,5%...
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 12 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 7 Operation of logger The device supports two different logger functions: each time when “store“ (key 6) is pressed a measurement will be recorded. “Func-Stor“: measurements will automatically be recorded at each interval, which was set in the logger “Func-CYCL“: menu ‚CYCL‘...
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 13 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 7.2 “Func-CYCL“: Automatic recording with selectable logger-cycle-time The Logger-Cycle-Time is selectable (p.r.t. Configuration). For example “CYCL“ = 1:00: A measuring is recorded after each 60 seconds. Special feature of this logger function: The device will change to a ‘sleeping state’ during the measurings (lower display shows a count-down to the next measuring).
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 14 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 8 Output The output can be used as serial interface or as analogue output (0-1V). If none of both is needed, we suggest to switch the output off, battery life then is extended. 8.1 Interface - Base address ('Adr.') By using an electrically isolated interface converter USB 3100 N, GRS 3100 or GRS 3105 (accessory) the device can be connected to a PC.
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 15 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 10 Fault and system messages Display Meaning Remedy Blinking curve display: Displayed value is out of Limited measuring precision! specified range (Wood: 8..40%u) The display value is only usable as indication, not as measurement! low battery voltage, device will continue to work replace battery...
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 16 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 13 Specification Measuring Channel 1 Channel 2 Principle Resistive material-moisture-measuring Temperature-measuring thermocouple type K matching DIN EN 13183-2: 2002 or internal temperature-measuring or according VDI 4206 sheet 4 Char. curve 466 different kinds of wood matching DIN EN 60584-1: 1996, ITS90 28 different building materials...
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 17 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Directives / standards: The instruments confirm to following European Directives: 2014/30/EU EMC Directive 2011/65/EU RoHS Applied harmonized standards: EN 61326-1 : 2013 emissions level: class B emi immunity according to table 3 and A.1 Additional fault: <1 % The instrument with suitable Electrode (GHH91) is conform to the requirements of EN 14080 : 2013...
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H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 18 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Beech, Wau h.49 Celtis, New Guinea h.103 Elmerrilla papuana 7..100% Celtis spp, 5..86% Beech, White (Fiji) h.50 Celtis, Solomon Island h.104 Gmelina vitiensis 5..100% Celtis philippinesis 4..69% Cheesewood, White Beech, White (Queensland) h.51 Gmelina leichardtii...
H60.0.13.6C-17 Operating Manual GMH 3851 Page 22 of 22 _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 15 Appendix B: Additional materials Select material you want to measure, enter number on the device, e.g. concrete b25 = b. 6 15.1 Measuring of building materials Material Number Range Concrete Concrete 200kg/m³...
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