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Why do you need water on a wood burning stove?

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The heat from a wood stove tends to be a "dry heat". The humidity level is low (moisture in the air) and things dry out. Keeping a ketle of water on the stove heats it, making it evaporate, and restoring moisture to the air. Mosit air will FEEL warmer.

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