BIS Panorama in a new to me house

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Hi, I'm Jon and new to this forum. I just moved into a home that has a BIS panorama fireplace and a Harman XXV pellet stove. I've been trying to get things all cleaned up and up to date on maintainance as the previous owner seems to not have believed in fixing much.
I've got a new combustor to install since the old one was cracked multiple times and plugged almost completly shut. are there any other parts that need cleaned? i'm having trouble keeping the glass clean.

Thanks,
Jon
 
Don't know the stove, but first question with darkened glass is how seasoned is the wood.
 
I know very little about wood burning except what I have learned here. The most important thing to have is dry wood even if you think it is dry it probaby isnt. The wood moisture should be 20 % or less. Seems like that solves alot of peoples problems.I have seen that unit before and if you put a new cat in it should give off some pretty good heat. Also you should check your door gasket and make sure it is sealed properly when closed
 
A couple of things can cause your black stuff. As said above - the wood you are burning. Please give details on how long it has been SPLIT and STACKED.

The second is HOW you run your stove. If you choke it down too hard it can cause incomplete combustion as well as slowing the air wash across the glass. Both will add up to darkened glass. Please detail how you run the stove. Stove temps - time to get up to temp- how far are you adjusting the primary air,etc.
 
I've been trying to be careful about what wood I've put in there. After I moved in I initially just got a few bundles of firewood from lowes just to be able to have a fire to look at. I did finally get some silver maple that's been cut for 2 years. I split a few of the larger pieces again and read the freshly split surfaces for moisture using a digital moisture reader. I didn't get any measurements over 18% so i figure it's okay to use. I've been trying to follow the operators manual from the manufacturer as for running the stove. get the fire going, let it burn for 30 minutes or so before closing the combustor bypass. and then keeping the air supply in the medium range. I did notice that if I choke it down too far it loses most of it's flames.
 
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