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HAY MOISTURE TESTER HX-700

Operating Manual

Summary of Contents for HX-700

Page 1: ...HAY MOISTURE TESTER HX 700 Operating Manual...

Page 2: ...PRECAUTIONS Read all the safety precautions in this manual DO NOT USE THE INSTRUMENT IF A FAILURE HAS OCCURRED Call for repair or service if a failure or a malfunction has been observed Contact our s...

Page 3: ...W TO USE THE INSTRUMENT 8 5 1 Preparation for measurement 8 5 2 How to measure 9 5 3 Precautions for measurement 11 5 4 Display of the average 12 5 5 How to set Continuous Measurement mode 13 5 6 How...

Page 4: ...n of the hay due to water content is an important issue in business transactions HX 700 is a long weighted instrument designed to match the needs of this industry Make the most of the advantages offer...

Page 5: ...lay Digital LCD The smallest display digit is 0 1 Usable temperature 0 C 40 C 32F 104 F Special features Average display Upper alarm setting 10 39 or off Automatic power off in 5 minutes Moisture corr...

Page 6: ...3 NOMENCLATURE Instrument body Accessories Connector Battery compartment cover on the back Display screen Operation panel Probe Operating manual 1 5V AA alkaline battery x 6 Carrying case Shoulder str...

Page 7: ...7 4 DISPLAY SCREEN Number Battery information Measurement times HAY display Alarm setting Moisture Bar graph...

Page 8: ...ent door and install the batteries Take care not to reverse the polarity of the batteries Replace the cover When the batteries are worn will blink on the display screen Change all batteries at the sam...

Page 9: ...it After that HAY TIMES and will be displayed If the LCD wouldn t start up as described here there might be an error occurring in the instrument Refer to 6 Error display 2 Insert the probe in the hay...

Page 10: ...is out of the range HI for exceeding and LO for lower than will be displayed 4 Pull the probe out of the hay The last moisture will remain displayed To continue the measurement insert the probe again...

Page 11: ...measurement 1 Insert the probe at the outer surface of the hay roll Other ways of measurement may result in errors 2 If it is difficult to insert try other angles or make a hole with a sharp stick bef...

Page 12: ...verage After measurement has been done 2 9 times you can display the average by pressing the key The key will display AVE Calculated average and Measurement times After 9 times the Measurement times d...

Page 13: ...e sample moisture is lower than the measurement range 2 To release the continuous measurement mode Press the key for more than 2 seconds until a short beep is heard the display will be off for a momen...

Page 14: ...e In such cases the moisture display can accept a bias correction 9 9 9 9 described as follows 1 Press the key BIAS on the display will blink and display the corrected value which was last entered 0 0...

Page 15: ...is over the limit 1 Press the key The number to the right of ALARM will blink 2 Enter the limit value Enter 2 digit number of the limit Press the and key to enter 20 for instance 3 Press the or the ke...

Page 16: ...r in the measurement conditions either of the following messages will appear for 4 seconds before turning the power off automatically 1 The temperature sensor has an error Call for repair 2 The electr...

Page 17: ...s 5 C 23 F or lower Warm the instrument up to the usable ambient temperature range 0 40 C 32 104 F 4 The instrument temperature is 50 C 122 F or higher Cool down the instrument to the usable ambient t...

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