tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845017013185018177.post8128491069104983342..comments2024-03-04T05:43:50.515-08:00Comments on Peplers In Rye: Using a moisture meter to check firewoodMike Peplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14243842323024552383noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845017013185018177.post-10348598141398554642015-03-25T02:49:17.984-07:002015-03-25T02:49:17.984-07:00Yep, splitting and testing the side is a good way ...Yep, splitting and testing the side is a good way to check the centre. As you'll see in the post, one of the 'ends' of a log I tested had only just been cut, so would give a similar result to splitting and testing.Mike Peplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243842323024552383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845017013185018177.post-83473661469752892532015-03-24T09:17:34.491-07:002015-03-24T09:17:34.491-07:00Proper testing: 1.) split a piece of your firewood...Proper testing: 1.) split a piece of your firewood 2). place the tester in the newly exposed SIDE of the wood, NOT the end!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845017013185018177.post-67078079369590076522013-05-13T09:26:56.929-07:002013-05-13T09:26:56.929-07:00I think you are right, but as you say, splitting i...I think you are right, but as you say, splitting is better than doing nothing, and works fairly well. The big thing for us is that by leaving the logs in long split lengths we can easily store them and handle them, and more importantly cut them to the right length when you know who's going to be burning them. It's meant we can easily store them for 2 years, which has proved to be plenty of time for them to dry to 20%.<br /><br />MikeMike Peplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243842323024552383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845017013185018177.post-20346309532919547382013-05-13T08:59:51.464-07:002013-05-13T08:59:51.464-07:00Interesting. I was always told that cutting a log ...Interesting. I was always told that cutting a log into shorter lengths was better than splitting it, as the moisture is lost via the xylem and phloem tubes rather than through the longitudinal fibres exposed when you split it.<br /><br />I suppose either splitting or chopping into smaller logs is better than nothing!Gilesnoreply@blogger.com