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Hello and welcome to hoTodi.tv, I'm Bernd and today we're talking about forests and wood again.
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Daniel and I, we were really busy in the past weeks and as you can see, we have cut down some dead trees
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and then cut them first into larger logs and then into small pieces of wood 35 centimeters in size.
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I chopped all of that wood and then I took it home.
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Marie and Rudi were pretty excited.
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First, I stored the wood and I did this for a very simple reason:
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because of the so-called residual moisture.
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I bought a device from Brennenstuhl which can measure the residual moisture.
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The moisture content is divided into low, medium and high and shows the percentage of water in the wood.
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You need a 9 volt block battery to use it.
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It's not included in the package, it costs around three to five euros and lasts quite a long time.
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Put the battery in, remove the cap, and then you'll see these two probes.
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You press them into the wood and then the residual moisture is displayed, in this case 18.8% and 14.8%.
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Still too moist for my fireplace.
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After the wood has been stored dry for a while, the duration depends on the residual moisture and how dry the storage is,
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I put it in a felt basket, which I bought a long time ago for my fireplace, and I put the wood in the fireplace room.
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Let's check the residual moisture.
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I'm pressing it into the wood again and as you can see, it's about 10.2%, 10.3%.
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The moisture is perfect for my chimney and my oven.
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The device costs around 13 to 15€, the battery 4€, the links are in the description.
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The moister the wood, the worse the heating value.
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Fresh wood from the forest often has a moisture/water content of 50%,
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so keep an eye on it for the heating value, and you'll have a nice fire.