I bought a used Bixby max fire.Got it running good but door glass turns black quickly.Have to wipe it off twice a day.I burn 75%corn 25% pellets.Any help?
Used bixby suet
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Think you mean 'SOOT" not suet. Suet is what birds eat........ 
Every stove I've ever seen dirty the view glass, it's a matter of life and so is cleaning it (if you like seeing the flame, in my case it's not all that critical.
Like I said, the all do that, especially on lower settings because they don't get internally hot enough to burn off the soot and change it from black to light grey which you can see through. Crank it up a bit to keep the view glass transparent, well, not black but light grey because it will still get fly ash on it.
I like to keep a paint brush with natural bristles handy (don't use a ploy bristle brush, it will melt to the view glass and that ain't good.... Open the door while the stove is running and brush off the glass with the paint brush and call it good for a day or so.
You MUST run ANY stove in the higher ranges to keep the view glass somewhat transparent. LOW settings will always blacken the glass, don't matter what brand of unit it is.
The manufacturers 'air wash' is just that. Hot air and no wash.
I do 75-25 myself. The pellets keep the corn clinkers under control.
Every stove I've ever seen dirty the view glass, it's a matter of life and so is cleaning it (if you like seeing the flame, in my case it's not all that critical.
Like I said, the all do that, especially on lower settings because they don't get internally hot enough to burn off the soot and change it from black to light grey which you can see through. Crank it up a bit to keep the view glass transparent, well, not black but light grey because it will still get fly ash on it.
I like to keep a paint brush with natural bristles handy (don't use a ploy bristle brush, it will melt to the view glass and that ain't good.... Open the door while the stove is running and brush off the glass with the paint brush and call it good for a day or so.
You MUST run ANY stove in the higher ranges to keep the view glass somewhat transparent. LOW settings will always blacken the glass, don't matter what brand of unit it is.
The manufacturers 'air wash' is just that. Hot air and no wash.
I do 75-25 myself. The pellets keep the corn clinkers under control.
guatamican eye fake
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Lazy flames equal dirty glass. If I'm running my bixby on a lower setting I always turn the feed rate down and exhaust rate up. Seems mine only gets really dirty when I burn on low for long periods. Another thing to try is cleaning the air wash. The ash can build up and impede air flow. Buy a small can of compressed air and blow out the passage way between the glass and Ash pan. Good luck
The inherent issue with upping the combustion draft when running at lower PPH settings is, the increased flow of combustion air pulls the developed (from combustion) heat out of the stove too quickly so in essence, you are heating the venting and not your dwelling. You always want the longest dwell time for the combustion process to remain in the heat exchangers which is why most stoves are have adjustable parameters in the first place.
I continuously 'tune' my unit for optimal burn rate. Burn rate will depend on outside temperature via the outside air intake, room (ambient temperature) and the quality and moisture content of the fuel you burn as well and it can vary from fill to fill and usually does.
I continuously 'tune' my unit for optimal burn rate. Burn rate will depend on outside temperature via the outside air intake, room (ambient temperature) and the quality and moisture content of the fuel you burn as well and it can vary from fill to fill and usually does.
guatamican eye fake
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I treat it like I'm tuning a carburator. I also adjust mine continuously as well. But my approach is you tune it based on the flame regardless of where the settings are. Just keep a lively flame and nothing else matters.
So I’m running the same blend.The Bixby has a corn and pellet switch.I’ve been running it on corn.Not even sure what it changes.Any advice which setting I should use?Think you mean 'SOOT" not suet. Suet is what birds eat........
Every stove I've ever seen dirty the view glass, it's a matter of life and so is cleaning it (if you like seeing the flame, in my case it's not all that critical.
Like I said, the all do that, especially on lower settings because they don't get internally hot enough to burn off the soot and change it from black to light grey which you can see through. Crank it up a bit to keep the view glass transparent, well, not black but light grey because it will still get fly ash on it.
I like to keep a paint brush with natural bristles handy (don't use a ploy bristle brush, it will melt to the view glass and that ain't good.... Open the door while the stove is running and brush off the glass with the paint brush and call it good for a day or so.
You MUST run ANY stove in the higher ranges to keep the view glass somewhat transparent. LOW settings will always blacken the glass, don't matter what brand of unit it is.
The manufacturers 'air wash' is just that. Hot air and no wash.
I do 75-25 myself. The pellets keep the corn clinkers under control.
If it works, use it. I don't have a Bixby, the one I have burns anything and I adjust the parameters via the control panel, no switch.
guatamican eye fake
Member
When it's on corn setting the air pump and igniter have a longer run time on start up . It may also change the parameters of ash dump cycles. I have run mine either way with both types of fuel no real performance difference that I could tell