moisture meter for firewood

[Robert_S]

as per title guys, what ones would you recommend and the best place to buy one, i seen a few on ebay but not sure how accurate they will be as they are cheap.

 

Any advice appreciated.

 

thanks

[Dean Lofthouse]

Mines an Extech MO200, forgot where I bought it from but it is consistently accurate.

[firewoodman]

i did have an expensive protimeter for timber which came with probes and a callibration table.... all whistles and bells

 

then some tw*t broke in and knicked it.

 

also looking for a good one now but not spening that much money again

[detritus21]

Maplins about 20 quid. Accurate enough to let you know if the timber will burn or hiss

[firewoodman]

Maplins about 20 quid. Accurate enough to let you know if the timber will burn or hiss

 

happened to be in maplins today to get a fuse for alarm system after some **** tried to break in and knick the gear.

 

anyway bought that moisture meter..

just as good as that protimeter i used to have and only £20

 

bargain!!

[Ian C]

seen one on ebay, looks the same as the maplin one for about the same cost. what's the max moisture content you would let fire wood go out with, i guess the less the better but what % will it happily burn at.

[detritus21]

The stuff I burn at home is generally about 30% which may be a little high but to be honest it burns well with little hissing. So in answer to your question stuff I sell is generally around the 30% mark as a general rule

[18 stoner]

30% sounds a bit high! If you can get your firewood below 20% it will be much better, but a good marketing point would be to advertise that yours is 15% or below. I believe Dean also does this.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Yes below 20% is good but I get mine down to around 15% as Pete says. Hard to get customers on board paying more for it but once they've tried a bag they see a massive difference to heat output.

 

You will never get logs down to 15% if you haven't got inside storage by the way or good cover

[skyhuck]

If you look at wood burner catalogs, they usually give the output per hour burning beech at 22%.