How To Install A UNIVERSAL Blower Motor And Save Hundreds Of Dollars

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[diyhvacguy]

My apologies guys, I meant to say we tested the capacitor and it was GOOD. It tested fine with my multimeter on microfarad setting. Sorry for any confusion :) cheers

[ironnerd]

Single-handedly, you are making HVAC available for those who can follow simple steps and learn.

Bravo!

[russvanhammer]

It was a super handy video. Thanks to you, your encouraging words of "these things are all pretty much the same design", I pulled out my blower motor assembly out of an Aire-Flo furnace and cleaned the crap out it, and recorded the existing motors specs just in case. Thanks for the help.

[AlbinOnishchenko]

After watching your videos I feel confident in replacing parts on my furnace. No one makes videos like you do. Thanks!!

[LemonDropLab]

I came in here to endow you with my TREMENDOUS gratitude for sharing your talents with the interwebs. I, nearly 60 year-old/about to be homeless lady) just fixed the central air system in the house I'm staying in, and may have earned myself a few more months of shelter by doing so. Yes I'm sobbing with gratitude for the help this and other videos provided. You can't even know. ❤ ❤ ❤

[mikeglasgow]

Very nice video . I've commented before. I'll have something to say here. Years and years ago, when I worked residential. Anyone with a service agreement got visited twice a year. Once in the spring and once in the fall. Our service manager would tell us if we needed to pull the blower assy. That was part of the service agreement. Every blower got pulled out and cleaned and motor lubricated once per year. While the blower assembly was out we always changed the filter and thoroughly vacuumed and cleaned the entire blower compartment. . A service agreement was 159.00 back then for 2 visits per year. Times were good back then. Retired now.

[richardrussell]

Good video. Just had the AC guy tell me the blower motor was out and had to wait until Monday to get it replaced. I watched this video, found the motor and put it in. Only got hung up for a bit on the wiring because it was different than what I originally had. My old motor handled the cap connection a little differently. But we are up and running. Family is happy and the temps in the house are dropping. Phoenix 110+ today.

[mrhalfstep]

I've done this twice on my 1970s-era blower. Both times it was the front bearing worn egg-shaped from the weight of the squirrel cage. My blower seems to have more substantial sheetmetal in its construction and, therefore, more weight out on the end of the shaft. The first time I wasn't able to locate a motor but had a new motor with the same sized end bells, so I just swapped them onto the old motor. The second time I ended up with a 4 speed universal motor.

[boydguie]

Nice work . I wish I could see those wires like I could when I was 50.

[wireless]

Question. Why didn't you thoroughly clean that circuit board when you had it detached? Compressed air usually does the trick.

[reneek]

All right little mister electrician, I know how good you work but everybody else needs to too. Keep posting these great videos. Have a wonderful night.

[domi-]

I'm getting lots of tips from you, thank you very much. once my furnace breaks down, I might fix it More videos, please..

[OcRefrig]

U can Write “ Blower side “ or Better yet. Take a standard screwdriver & scratch an “ X “ into the steel. Toooo many times I’ve marked on something to wash it off While cleaning with degreasers etc.
Scratch it with a screwdriver, knife whatever your most comfortable with.

[mikequijadamusic]

Really appreciate your videos! Question about replacement motor specs - I need to replace a 1/2hp - 1100 rpm / 3spd - blower motor with an FLA of 10.3 amps. It's difficult to find a replacement motor matching the amperage of the OEM motor. Are there any issues with replacing with a lower FLA motor?

[jamkpa]

Excellent...I learn a lot from your top quality videos!

[wannabetrucker]

This is exactly what i have to do, thx so much 👍🏼. I changed my filter but going to start using pleated ones.

[blaccayman]

this vid takes the mystery out and replaces it with confidence to tackle this project. BTW, in addition to rinsing the fin wheel, I would have vacuumed the housing and motherboard, etc.

[bobloblaw]

I just replaced a genteq 2.3 1hp motor with an evergreen vs 1hp motor and control board. It was about $450 for the motor and $150 for the control board. Versus $800+ for the official replacement motor. And $1, 400+ was the total estimate including labor. So I saved $800 buying the evergreen and i still have a pretty high tec efficient motor. And i didn't have to mess with a capacitor and wiring was fairly easy

[kennylavay]

How about the rotation of the motor in conjunction with the blower wheel.

[Thedoug]

This is all well and good as long as you're existing system is pretty old. Most of the newer ones have motors with a buncha computer shit on em. The blower motor for my A/C went out last summer and the hvac company wanted $1200 just to replace the motor. I found one at Graingers and replaced it myself in about 15 minutes. Still cost almost $400 just for the motor. Unfortunately the "universal " motors won't work in most of the newer systems.