On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:00:40 +1100, FMurtz wrote:

Why does it matter? I have a wood heater and it does not matter how wet
the wood is once you have started the fire, It dries out quickly.

'cause it takes lot of energy to vapourise water. Energy (heat) that
goes straight up the chimney entrained in the the water vapour.

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Cheers
Dave.