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Columbia Installation and Operation Manual3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture ContentYou can find out if some firewood is dry enough to burn by using these guidelines:• cracks form at the ends of logs as they dry• as it dries in the sun, the wood turns from white or cream coloured to grey or yellow,• bang two pieces of wood together; seasoned wood sounds hollow and wet woodsounds dull,• dry wood is much lighter in weight than wet wood,• split a piece, and if the fresh face feels warm and dry it is dry enough to burn; if it feelsdamp, it is too wet,• burn a piece; wet wood hisses and sizzles in the fire and dry wood does not.You could buy a wood moisture meter to test yourfirewood.3.3 Manufactured LogsDo not burn manufactured logs made of wax impregnated sawdust or logs with anychemical additives. Manufactured logs made of 100% compressed sawdust can beburned, but use caution in the number of these logs burned at one time. Start with onemanufactured log and see how the stove reacts. You can increase the number of logsburned at a time to making sure the temperature never rises higher than 475 °F (246 °C)on a magnetic thermometer for installation on single wall stove pipes or 900 °F (482 °C) ona probe thermometer for installation on double wall stove pipe. The thermometer shouldbe placed about 18” (457 mm) above the stove. Higher temperatures can lead to overheatand damage your stove.14