BYK LC 2

Con­duc­tiv­ity Meter

Pro­vides mea­sure­ment of elec­tri­cal con­duc­tiv­ity of sol­vents and sol­vent borne paint for­mu­la­tions for elec­tro­static spray appli­ca­tions.

• Stain­less steel mea­sur­ing cell and elec­trodes
• Sol­vent resis­tant hous­ing

When mea­sur­ing con­duc­tiv­ity, liquid builds up a spe­cific ohmic resis­tance to the elec­tric cur­rent, depend­ing on the applied vol­t­age. The recip­ro­cal value is the con­duc­tiv­ity. The mea­sured resis­tance depends on the geo­met­ric arrange­ment of the elec­trodes within the mea­sur­ing cell. In order to be inde­pen­dent of the mea­sur­ing cell, the mea­sured resis­tance has to be divided by the cell con­s­tant "C" which yields spe­cific resis­tance. The spe­cific resis­tance describes the appli­ca­tion and per­for­mance prop­er­ties of elec­tro­coat­ing paints.

The BYK-Gard­ner LC 2 Con­duc­tiv­ity Meter was devel­oped in coop­er­a­tion with the VDA (Asso­ci­a­tion of Ger­man Auto­mo­tive Indus­try) fol­low­ing VDA stan­dards.

Mea­sure­ment of the resis­tance of liquid paints is car­ried out in the annu­lar pas­sage of the mea­sur­ing cell. The mea­sur­ing cell con­sists of two separa­ble parts. The elec­trodes are arranged con­cen­tri­cally (Cat. No. PW-1710) or par­al­lel (Cat. No. PW-1712), thus form­ing an annu­lar pas­sage. They are insu­lated from each other.

The elec­trodes of the mea­sur­ing cell are made of stain­less steel, with the sur­face pol­ished and there­fore easy to clean. Only an abso­lutely clean mea­sur­ing cell guar­an­tees that the entire sur­face of the elec­trode is avai­l­able for mea­sure­ment. The probe is imper­vi­ous and can be immersed in sol­vents for a short time.

This con­duc­tiv­ity meter works only with sol­vents and sol­vent based paints. The pres­ence of water will cause elec­trol­y­sis and results in false read­ings.
Use the BYK LC-3 or BYK LC-4 for water­borne sys­tems

Note: BYK LC 2 Meter and mea­sur­ing cell must be ordered separately.  Also please order PW-1713 space hold­ers when order­ing the PW-1712 mea­sur­ing cell 

Con­duc­tiv­ity Meter

Mea­sur­ing Cell

Very easy to clean - Mea­sur­ing Cell

For Pre­ven­tive Main­te­nance see page 272.