What do you gain when you choose the ThetaProbe?
Compatible with ThetaMeter Readout Unit and most data loggers
- Dual purpose:
- - for burial and data
logging - for hand-held use
- Long cable runs possible
- Easy to include in large-scale logging set ups
100 MHz signal
100 MHz is an excellent compromise
- Performs well in most soil types, including clays
- Usable in saline soils - up to 2000 mS.m-1
- ±1% accuracy
- Precision measurements at moderate cost
- Holds soil closer to central rod when drying and cracking ( 2 and 3 rod arrangements don’t do this)
- Measurements can be made close to the soil surface
Rods have threaded ends that screw into ThetaProbe body.
- Withstand repeated insertion in soil. Can be replaced at low cost if bent or damaged
- Highly resistant to corrosion
- Narrow rods with sharp tips minimise errors due to soil compaction as rods are inserted
shape
Extension tubes (500 and 1000 mm) screw onto this thread.
- Easy to insert and remove in augered holes
- Rapid attachment of extension tubes
