Installation Guide

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MoistureMeterInformation
 Firewoodisreadyat10‐25%moisturecontent.
 Newly‐cutlogscanhaveamoisturecontent(MC)of80%ormore,dependingonspecies.Sincewood
shrinks,andcanalsosplit,twistorotherwisechangeshapeasitdries,mostwoodisdriedbeforebeing
used.Airdrying,or‘seasoning,’isthemostcommonmethodusedforcordwood.
Inmostpartsofthe
UnitedStates,theminimummoisturecontentthatcanbegenerallyobtainedinairdryingisabout12
to15percent.Mostair‐driedmaterialisusuallycloserto20percentmoisturecontentwhenused
 Totestyourfirewood,simplypushthepinsintothewoodandwaitforareading.Remember,don't
juststickthemeterintotheendsofyourfirewood.Togetthemostaccuratereading,splitthewood
andtestthecenter.Thecenterofthelogwillcontainthemostmoisture.
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HowFarShouldIDriveNon‐InsulatedPinsintoWood?
 Tofulldepthifpossible.However,atmoisturelevelsbelow10%,itisusuallysufficienttomakegood,
positivecontactwiththewood.Athigherlevelsofmoistureandespeciallyifyouhaveasteepgradient,
fullpenetrationisamust.
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