shawneyboy said:Give the details on your setup and some of the resident experts will give you their thoughts. There is a meter that can be used, but .......
I guess that's what you call a rhetorical question.avc8130 said:BTW: I KNOW the answer is going to be "wood"
LLigetfa said:Dry wood is a good cure for poor draft, but more draft is a poor substitute for marginal wood.
Battenkiller said:If I peek in the little secondary air hole, a good draft will pull the contact lens off my eye. :ahhh:
branchburner said:Size matters. Small wood burns hotter/faster than big wood, assuming the same MC. So even if your splits were as dry as the pallet wood, it would take longer to get to temp.
The factors of draft and wood (size/dryness) of course have to be balanced with air supply, as you noted. That's the biggie for me in determining temps, as my wood and draft are relatively (!) constant. Tweaking the air, say from 1/2 to 1/4 open, can bring my flue temp from 600F to 300F in a hurry.
avc8130 said:I THOUGHT 20-25% was ok.
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avc8130 said:I already have both a manometer and a wind meter.
branchburner said:That's the biggie for me in determining temps, as my wood and draft are relatively (!) constant.
Battenkiller said:branchburner said:That's the biggie for me in determining temps, as my wood and draft are relatively (!) constant.
Huh? How can your draft be relatively constant if your flue temp varies?
branchburner said:... the specific draft of an individual burn as determined by wood moisure/size, flue temps, outdoor temps, etc. = "your fire."
So using marginal wood, you can have a bad-drafting fire with either a good-drafting system or a bad-drafting system.
LLigetfa said:I guess that's what you call a rhetorical question.avc8130 said:BTW: I KNOW the answer is going to be "wood"
Dry wood is a good cure for poor draft, but more draft is a poor substitute for marginal wood.
Battenkiller said:Draft occurs inside the chimney, downstream of the actual combustion. It's strength is not dependent upon moisture content or wood size...
There are other reasons to have a moisture meter even if you are well ahead on wood, some times I cut dead trees on my place and I want to know when I can burn them so not as to let the stuff set around longer than needed. I had a dead elm that fell over last spring and it was nice to know how dry it was. Some times I like to check the moisture content for the discussions on here.Backwoods Savage said:LLigetfa said:I guess that's what you call a rhetorical question.avc8130 said:BTW: I KNOW the answer is going to be "wood"
Dry wood is a good cure for poor draft, but more draft is a poor substitute for marginal wood.
Whoa, LLigetfa got the big post to start the New Year! And the OP gets a big one too because he already knows the answer to his question!
As I've stated many times, if you have a 2-3 year wood supply and keep that amount on hand, your wood worries will be over and you can forget the MM as one will not be needed. You will then be one happy camper because your stove will operate as it was intended to. You will reap the reward with more heat from less wood burned and you will be comfortable in your home, which is how you should be.
Ja, but then FUD sets in. Did he resplit and test on a fresh face? Did he stick the probes in far enough? With the grain or across the grain? On the end grain... that's not how to do it!oldspark said:Some times I like to check the moisture content for the discussions on here.
Backwoods Savage said:LLigetfa said:I guess that's what you call a rhetorical question.avc8130 said:BTW: I KNOW the answer is going to be "wood"
Dry wood is a good cure for poor draft, but more draft is a poor substitute for marginal wood.
Whoa, LLigetfa got the big post to start the New Year! And the OP gets a big one too because he already knows the answer to his question!
As I've stated many times, if you have a 2-3 year wood supply and keep that amount on hand, your wood worries will be over and you can forget the MM as one will not be needed. You will then be one happy camper because your stove will operate as it was intended to. You will reap the reward with more heat from less wood burned and you will be comfortable in your home, which is how you should be.
LLigetfa said:oldspark said:Do we fly seat-of-the-pants or by the instruments?
The ability to do both can be the best way to avoid ending up in the drink.
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