Protimeter insulated needles for the heavy duty hammer electrode, 10 pack
Replacement needles for the BLD5055 heavy duty hammer electrode.
Specifications
| Part number | BLD5296 |
|---|---|
| Pack size | 10 |
| Application | Spare needles for the BLD5055 heavy duty hammer electrode |
Compatible meters
- Protimeter MMS3
- Protimeter MMS2
- Protimeter SurveyMaster
- Protimeter Mini, Mini C and Digital Mini
- Protimeter TimberMaster
Important — heavy duty or standard duty?
These are for the BLD5055 heavy duty electrode. The BLD5000 standard duty electrode takes BLD0529 needles instead. Check the model number stamped on your electrode before ordering — the two part numbers are easy to confuse and the needles do not swap.
Needles bend, and that is normal
A hammer electrode drives insulated needles into hard and softwoods at depth. They bend, they blunt and occasionally they snap — this is a consumable, not a defect. Carry a pack.
A bent or blunt pin makes intermittent contact, and on a resistance meter poor contact reads low — it reports a substrate as drier than it is. That is the dangerous direction for the error to run. Change pins at the first sign of damage rather than at the point of obvious failure.
The other wear parts on this electrode are the replacement cable and the replacement base.
The other serviceable parts
- Heavy duty hammer electrode (BLD5055) — the electrode these needles fit
- Replacement hammer base (BLD5055-BA) — if new needles will not tighten or sit square
- Replacement electrode cable (BLD5055-CA)
A note on the part number
Protimeter writes this needle as BLD5296 on its accessories listing and as BLD05296 elsewhere. They are the same part. Kits that ship with the hammer electrode are supplied with a four-needle set carrying its own number; these ten packs are the replacement.
Meters this fits
- Protimeter MMS3 — and the MMS2 it replaced
- Protimeter SurveyMaster
- Protimeter TimberMaster
- Protimeter Digital Mini
- Protimeter Mini C and Protimeter Mini
It does not fit the HygroMaster range, which measures air rather than materials, or the non-invasive Aquant and ReachMaster Pro, which take no probes at all.
Tell us which Protimeter you run and we will confirm the right part before you order.
