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oldspark
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Here's the first then, wet wood dont behave that well in a pre EPA stove either, I have stated that fact many times on this forum. That comes from some 32 years or so with a pre EPA stove. BK never once said it was easy that I remember.pen said:Battenkiller said:I've read posts here where the guy had trouble reaching 400º after several hours with seasoned wood. The answer has always been that the wood is not really seasoned, the only evidence being the reported quality of the burn.
I've yet to read that trouble out of someone burning in a pre-epa stove. It's always an epa-unit. Unless the door is cracked, a secondary air stove just doesn't let a rush of air in, they need draft to pull it in and it ain't happening unless that flue is hot. Kinda get's the operater in a catch 22.
Also, burning wet wood is a lot easier when it is split as small as you have pictured. Many are throwing in rounds and average sized splits that are wet.
pen