Thx for the link HD, I searched wood moisture meters and it came up blank. Didn't think to check Digital moisture meters. After reading through that, I decided to go with the Neotech with spare pins. Will have that in a couple of days. Chaz
Thx, Real friendly group around here, I like it a lot. I originally found and lurked about on this and other sites while researching my new stove purchase. After installing our new IS I figured I needed to learn it a bit better, so I came back here quicklike. Chaz
While I have a General Tool meter from Home Depot, here it comes, are you ready, for it? I've found the best tool for measuring the moisture content of split firewood is a multi-year calendar! It's been a while since I've used that line!
I hope you don't use a fork to eat soup. Or a spoon to cut a tree down, or a cellphone to brush your teeth. Just saying...... Every job has the right tool to do the job.
Well, moisture meter came today as expected. Thought I didn't get spare probes, looked everywhere. Good thing I did, they were taped to the inside top of the box and would have been thrown out. Too bad they sent me a manual that's in CHINESE. Had to google to find an english version of the tree types for setting. Chaz
Welcome! A few things to note about the meters. I use mine often since I dont have the space to store wood for multiple years. I do however have the advantage of being able to drop standing dead trees that are sometimes called "stump to stove" ready. I still use my meter with every truck load to figure out what stack to put my splits in. Remember to test in the middle of a freshly split round and never on the ends. Also you should be testing as close to 70f as possible as this seems to be the temp that most of them are calibrated to. Cheers!
Thx for the advice Sean. I had read that it required a fresh split to measure accurately. I read that over at a woodworking forum when researching solar kilns/air drying boards/general woodworking stuff. Have to cut/sacrifice some end board to check accurately. Mostly important for me as I want to make new kitchen cabinet doors and facing with the Black Walnut that was cut and boarded out. I did not know or read about the 70°F calibration though. Will keep that in mind. Do you know if it reads higher or lower with increased temps or decreased temps accordingly? Chaz
