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Exhorbitant Price for 1.0 HP Furnace Blower Motor?
QUESTION:If only it were as easy as you make it out to be here. do you know the proper
tension for that belt? I do. do you know what rotation that motor should be?
I do. what do you think that motor should cost? a lot more than $100.00 as
some are saying here. do you know what the temperature rise should be when
you are done with that motor? would you even know to check it or how?
you make it sound easy but there is a lot you would miss doing it yourself.
ANSWER: I have already done all that more than 10 years ago including changing
the shaft and the brearings of the squirrel cage that the original
installer didn't do properly although he was "factory certified." It
had worked without trouble since I fixed it. Please don't try to put
this "only the service tech knows" crap because I have fixed more
equipment that you will ever encounter in your life, including
oilfield equipment and industrial electronics.
The belt tension is a no brainer. Which of us hasn't done that for
our cars. The motor temp rises only if it is grossly underpowered for
the job. A 1/2 HP motor may be slow to start and get temporily hot
during the spin up but not once it is running. 1/2 HP will do in a
pinch - you need the furnace working pronto. So what if the motor
temp rises. The temp. in the furnace is far higher than any temp the
motor can generate. A 3/4 HP will certainly do the job in place of
a 1 HP motor. Get a 1 HP motor when you get around to it if it makes
you feel any better. You can get an inexpensive motor from the
rewinders or a salvage company. Shop around and save some buck even
on a new one.
As a service person you can only replace parts, not redesign, reinvent
or alter them. Any part you can buy so can I and anyone else. And
the parts can be picked up from open shelves in the hardware store or
by the counter clerk. Are you guys the only ones qualified to buy
them? No. They are meant for the average handyman. We can also read
the same instructions as you and if we are not sure we ask. I haven't
found any supplier or trade person yet who would give me wrong or
misleading information. These are hardware items and there is no way
anyone can give misleading information without being found out and
there is no way that I can be fooled that easily because the
explanation must be logical and based on good engineering principles.
Your rebuttal is coming pretty close to being voodoo stuff. I'll
tell you what the trend will be. Like plumbing and electricals most
of the installations and repairs can be handled by anyone with a high
school education and the knowledge needed is getting lower. Equipment
design is being improved all the time to a point where everything is
sealed for safety and ease of installation, is non repairable, non
adjustable and all you or I can do is to replace the part. How much
skill do you need for that?
With the prices and the scary stories you perpetuate I wouldn't want
to see you guys anywhere near my equipment. For large jobs like
wiring the whole house or replacing a old furnace, yes, it will be
more sensible to let you guys do it. But how often does one replace a
furnace or rewire the whole house. So what you will get will be calls
from clueless people and you have to charge exhorbitant rates for
simple jobs. If you want to sound professional try to help the other
guy help himself as much as possible. There will be plenty of people
who will respect that and decide that they would rather let you do the
job instead. Your scare stories scare no one but yourself and the
feebleminded.
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