Big E Owners - Glass question

[bonesy]

Big E "furnace" with the small glass window. My flame licks the glass no matter what the draft is set at. Using heat #3 and thermostat with on/off mode. The glass is almost non-transparent after one burn session and all you see is a "glow" after a day of burning. Is this normal for all or is something out of adjustment? Burning Presto-logs at the moment which seem to be fine by me, good heat, no smoke, etc.

Also - there is no seal on the top and bottom of the glass, only the sides. Is this correct?

 

[buildingmaint]

I have the same stove, glass is hard to keep clear, /clean, no gasket on bottom and top of glass,is used as a air wash to keep glass clean, when my stove is cranking, flame might lick the glass a little. I use the High /Low with a programable stat , easier on the igniter and saves pellets.Hope this helped. PS it takes about 20 hours for my glass to get dirty.

 

[bonesy]

Thanks. Sounds pretty normal then. The airwash doesn't do anything though. With it getting colder now here overnight, I was thinking of switching to hi/lo with the thermostat instead of off/on. Not sure how much it would save me. Right now its kicking on every hour or 1.5hrs overnight using the Breckwell wireless RF thermostat with 1deg swing.