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Liquid measurement/
Other Features
Water (Liquid) Measurements
The Field Scout Soil & Water EC Meter can also
measure the EC of liquids. Simply dip the electrode
tip into the solution and wait for the reading to
stabilize (a stable reading occurs when the readout
has not changed for 3 seconds).
Other Features
Hold
Pressing the HOLD key will freeze the display.
Press HOLD again to release.
Temperature Units
Press the C/F key to toggle between displaying
temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Auto Ranging
If the meter’s range mode is set to AUTO (see
Meter
Configuration
, p. 8), the LCD will automatically
transition from mS/cm to
μ
S/cm as the unit of
measure when the EC value gets smaller (about 2
mS/cm). They differ by a factor of 1000. For
example: 1 mS/cm = 1000
μ
S/cm.