We have an early 1980s Meridian wood tile stove and would like to locate a blower for it. Any suggestions?
Meridian wood stove blower wanted
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There is no blower designed or meant for this stove. It had a special connector pipe that convects heat quite well.
More info here:
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More info here:
Meridian Ceramic Stove
The Meridian is a stove made of Ceramic materials covered with a layer of tile. It was made in California from the late 1970's until approx. 1983. Here is a sell-sheet with some information on the Meridian Tile Stove Here is one of the original brochures! Here is the operation and...
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D. Hermit
Feeling the Heat
I was just offered one of these for free and Im still debating it, as They are heavyyy. But if you check the sell sheet BG it does mention a blower in the text, and also if you look at the diagram in the top right, it says something about when the blower is “on” the air pulls from top to bottom and when the blower is “off” it reveres flow. So I was actually curious about this as well since I havnt taken the drive to go look at this Merdian, Im curious to where the blower would go.There is no blower designed or meant for this stove. It had a special connector pipe that convects heat quite well.
More info here:
Meridian Ceramic Stove
The Meridian is a stove made of Ceramic materials covered with a layer of tile. It was made in California from the late 1970's until approx. 1983. Here is a sell-sheet with some information on the Meridian Tile Stove Here is one of the original brochures! Here is the operation and...
D. Hermit
Feeling the Heat
I think according the the diagram thag the blower is basically a part of the flue? Kinda like a magic heat maybe?
The blower you are talking about was located at the bottom of the stove. The original models built in the late seventies used a horizontal shaft drive squirrel fan mounted in a custom built sheet metal box. They were really noisy at any speed capable of pulling air down the dual wall of the flue and stove. Later models were shipped without the fans and relied on natural convection to circulate air.
I just recently found this forum and that people are still talking about Meridian Ceramic Woodstoves.
I lived in the Oroville, California area during the mid 70's and am familiar with the stove's history and manufacturing process.
I just recently found this forum and that people are still talking about Meridian Ceramic Woodstoves.
I lived in the Oroville, California area during the mid 70's and am familiar with the stove's history and manufacturing process.
D. Hermit
Feeling the Heat
Local craigslist has one for sale . Beautiful stove and matching hearth.
But you can also see how the blower is set up with the pipe.
But you can also see how the blower is set up with the pipe.