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Drying thick pine question/dh4000

Started by Lance in Ontario, December 13, 2008, 05:19:49 AM

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Lance in Ontario

I put about 2200 bdft of 9/4  white pine in my dh4000 about 2 weeks ago.It was reading around 20% mc when I first started. The kiln is reading 120f and 0% rh but the pine is still reading 14-16% mc after 2 weeks. Looks like there is no more moisture coming out of the boards.Shouldnt the rh in the kiln be higher until the moisture content of the board gets closer to 8% ?Should I turn the heat up some more?Or is this normal? My first time for thick pine.

beenthere

Puzzled here how you can get 0% rh...?  How do you measure it?

And how are you measuring mc of the wood?
south central Wisconsin
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Lance in Ontario

That is what the kiln controller is reading,last time I checked before it was reading zero it was around 10-12 rh.I am checking the load with a moisture meter

BBTom

I would do an oven dry test to check your meter reading.
2001 LT40HDD42RA with lubemizer, debarker, laser, accuset. Retired, but building a new shop and home in Missouri.

Don_Lewis

Make sure you are properly correcting the moisture content reading for temperature and species. What kind of meter are you using?

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