<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, Reuben--<div><br><div>A smoky fire that will be unpleasant and toxic.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Dec 11, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Let us say I have a cord of firewood that registers 15% moisture content, and a cord that registers 20% moisture, and one that registers 25%. <br><br>I burn the 15% cord and get XY BTUs/lb out of it. <br>I burn the 20% cord and almost certainly get fewer BTU/lb out of it, but how much less usable heat?<br>
And the same for the 25% cord?<br><br>Put more succinctly, what is the penalty for having firewood that is not quite dry? <br><br>Thanks. <br><br>Reuben<br>
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