Different species have different densities and electrical properties, so the same amount of water reads differently in oak than in pine. Setting your meter to the correct species (or applying the species correction) converts the raw reading into true moisture content. Skipping this step is the most common cause of inaccurate readings.
Read More >Select the species or species group from the meter’s setting, or look up the correction value for your wood in the chart supplied with the instrument or in the manual. Once set, the meter displays corrected moisture content directly — no manual math needed.
Read More >It depends on where the wood will live. Interior furniture and flooring in a heated home typically stabilize around 6–9% MC, while exterior or unheated-space wood sits higher. The goal is to work wood at — and acclimate it to — the moisture content it will reach in service, so it does not shrink, swell, […]
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