How'd math go if it's 80% instead of 100& moisture content (per Fairbanks wood study of Fall cut birch) ? 14.8/180 = .08222 ? 9.2/.0822 = 111.92 /100 - - - = 11.92% ?
Exactly. Your wood is done. It would follow that it should weigh 8.222 pounds when it is bone dry. So you taking next fall off?
LOL That 1 piece is done . + The few pieces in the basement won't even 1/2 load the stove I've no doubt that 3 year birch is better burning/heat/cleaner than 1 & 2 year birch. 20% vs 10 - 12% is significant . Still curious to Following the wood thru winter . The outdoor stuff is doing well too
I love the stacks surrounding the fire pit!! Don't even have to get off your seat to throw more wood in the pit!
Weighed the wood again , lots lighter. today's numbers: Don't know what the %-atges are but has lost a lot of water weight (6-1/2 gallons of water). As expected , the inside stuff lost the most. #2, square split , all sides no bark seems to have don the best.
That tells a good story Dave. Especially when we see people cut and burn. This gives the picture of how much water they have to evaporate before they get useable heat from the wood.
Nice drying. At 80% initial, if that Fairbanks study that was dredged up is correct, your indoor splits average 7.4% and your outside splits are at 28%. Your square piece had to be wetter than 80% as it would be at zero today if it was 80.5 to begin with. And unless your wife kept it in the oven while you were away it would be kind of impossible for it to be at 0%. So going off the results of that piece it would seem reasonable to assume your initial moisture was more than 80%.
