I had to replace, THE ELECTRIC MOTOR IN MY AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER,
the local air conditioner repair service quoted me $550
(thats insanely over priced, for less than 30 minute work and parts
as I found the same part number motor listed in several places priced from
$150- generic interchangeable part ...to-$275 direct from trane )
(they wanted an additional $125 to replace a capacitor, that cost me $6.50 )
and they said the motor had zero warranty unless....
I also got a new capacitor installed by them
now were up to $675,
if they get away with charging those prices I should have been an air conditioner repairman
so I ordered a replacement motor, from the local GRAINGER
the original motor, in my trane brand air conditioner,
had 3 wires its a 220 volt motor,
so I ,being gullible, and old school and having a couple engineering degrees ...
and having long ago learned to ask questions rather than assume anything...
but still I think how hard can this be, ,
now the motor did not come with mounting hardware ,
which kind of surprised me,
as its listed as a (DIRECT REPLACEMENT) which its really not,
I got out my multi meter , and pretty much had it figured out,
but you never want too connect 220 volts to anything,
if you have a smidgen of doubt,as to the correct connections..
a trip to the local hardware store solved the mounting fastener issues,
but you would think including instructions with the color of the wires and where they connect would be included...
yeah, its a 220 volt 1/4 hp and has a 1/2" shaft and the same 850 rpm rating
but the new motors got 7 wires and
GRAINGER says its a direct replacement for the part number,
on the original motor
, now that would not be a #$%^&* issue
if the motor came with a schematic and
the instructions were not in CHINESE
but luckily I put the part number and some info into google and as a result a link too you-tube
and a couple short video provided enough similar info so that I could rather easily figure it out,
what looked a bit confusing is in reality rather easy.
having access to instructions and a video in English... is a great help
the local air conditioner repair service quoted me $550
(thats insanely over priced, for less than 30 minute work and parts
as I found the same part number motor listed in several places priced from
$150- generic interchangeable part ...to-$275 direct from trane )
(they wanted an additional $125 to replace a capacitor, that cost me $6.50 )
and they said the motor had zero warranty unless....
I also got a new capacitor installed by them
now were up to $675,
if they get away with charging those prices I should have been an air conditioner repairman
so I ordered a replacement motor, from the local GRAINGER
the original motor, in my trane brand air conditioner,
had 3 wires its a 220 volt motor,
so I ,being gullible, and old school and having a couple engineering degrees ...
and having long ago learned to ask questions rather than assume anything...
but still I think how hard can this be, ,
now the motor did not come with mounting hardware ,
which kind of surprised me,
as its listed as a (DIRECT REPLACEMENT) which its really not,
I got out my multi meter , and pretty much had it figured out,
but you never want too connect 220 volts to anything,
if you have a smidgen of doubt,as to the correct connections..
a trip to the local hardware store solved the mounting fastener issues,
but you would think including instructions with the color of the wires and where they connect would be included...
yeah, its a 220 volt 1/4 hp and has a 1/2" shaft and the same 850 rpm rating
but the new motors got 7 wires and
GRAINGER says its a direct replacement for the part number,
on the original motor
, now that would not be a #$%^&* issue
if the motor came with a schematic and
the instructions were not in CHINESE
but luckily I put the part number and some info into google and as a result a link too you-tube
and a couple short video provided enough similar info so that I could rather easily figure it out,
what looked a bit confusing is in reality rather easy.
having access to instructions and a video in English... is a great help
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