New Member - Question for Regency I1200 Owners

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Jjm457

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Jan 10, 2012
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SW Virginia
Hello to all, new to wood burning and wood stoves. I recently had a Regency i1200 wood insert installed (2 months), and would like to hear from other owners, just how clean their glass stays and how often it needs to be cleaned. I am fairly certain the wood is well seasoned, as i have no problem starting and maintaining a fire, and burning hot at that. I do not have moisture meter or ir temperature gauge yet (plan on buying soon), but initially would like to know if other owners consistently have dirty glass.

My glass is not black or sooty, but more milky, cloudy and hazy, that when cooled down wipes off very easily, normally pretty visible during end of reload cycle (but can start becoming appararent during end of initial startup). I was also wonde
ring where exactly is the airwash on this stove? There is so much useful information on this site, however as a newbie, it is somewhat overwhelming. What most of you seasoned veterans (no pun intended) forgot about burning wood I'll never know. Thanks in advance.
 
I have a Napoleon 1402 Insert and mine does the same thing when I am burning seasoned wood. It seems the hotter I run the stove the less residue I see. As long as the glass is not black and soot covered you should be fine. If it wipes off easily you are doing good!
 
Get the same thing on my Hampton HI200 - same stove with a cast front

Burn as hot as I want and the glass does not clear - I can get the glass over 1000 per my IR gun (stove is not that hot - ~600)
 
I don't have the I1200 model but do have the I2400. I too had questionably clear glass until I got known dry wood. Now I hardly ever have to clean the glass. Right before Thanksgiving and Christmas were the last times.
Suspect your wood moisture.
 
My limited experience with our I1200 (installed just over a month ago) is that the air wash system (holes visible when you open the door, at the top) needs the wood to be fairly far back in the firebox to work best, and also we have found that keeping the draft open and the fire somewhat small and hot produces clean glass.

Stacking too much wood too far forward and closing the draft down very much will smut up the glass every time.

Our wood, judging by visual and audio cues (flames and smoke and hissing) is OK but not great on the moisture scale, so lots of air and heat are essential to prevent glass fogging.

-dan
 
I'm on my third year with the i1200 and have always noticed the same thing. The glass gets dirty but with a white haze that is easy to clean. I probably do it about once a week and always notice right away how much brighter the flames look! I think it's the air wash for the glass that is causing this. The white well burned ashes that are wicked small swirl around in the stove and get forced against the glass buy the air wash. The glass is not microscopically perfectly smooth so the ash gets stuck there.
The air wash itself is a series of small holes just behind the glass on the very top of the window. Open the door you can see the holes on the main body of the stove right in front. I notice little circles of white ash develops on top of these holes on the glass, which supports my theory!
 
Thanks to all, I will try stacking wood more towards rear even though firebox is small. I also noticed all 4 corners of the glass stay clear, just a medium to large circle of haze in the center of glass.
 
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