Solar wood dryer?

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larry3228

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Oct 29, 2010
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Middle Tennessee
Most of us stack our wood outside and expose it to the sun and wind to dry it over the course of a few seasons to a few years. It's simple, cheap and not so fast. I bumped into this video on large solar food dehydrators. If they were made a bit sturdier and larger they could hold most of a cord. I wonder how much faster the wood would dry?

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I often think of framing a small greenhouse lime wood shed but use plastic on the sides with a vent on top. Then use a solar panel to run a cheap fan ... Box fan or 2. And wonder how fast the wood would dry out ...? It would have a constant breeze ? Or put a dehumidifier with.a box fan in a wood shed?
 
Welcome to the forum!!!!!!

I have dried splits of Birch down to under 20% moisture in 6 months in our open greenhouse which acts as our solar drier.

Make sure you have good air circulation, warmth and lack of circulation will be a real mould factory.

Best way if you are thinking about spending money is to buy extra wood, get yourself 2 or 3 years ahead, and stay ahead.

That way you won't have to think about how dry your wood is or what variety dries the quickest.

When I started I spent good time measuring moisture when I should have been stashing away several years supply ;-)
 
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