Trane Variable Speed Furnace

Posted by on October 30, 2007, 11:20 pm

Yeah, the Trane is a great furnace until the motor goes out. I was
quoted $1000 plus labor to replace the motor. That's One Thousand
Dollars! Yow, that hurts. The disappointing thing is the motor
probably failed about 3 or 4 years ago... when it was still under
warranty. But we didn't notice that is was no longer capable of
anything but the low speed given the mild climate in Oregon. Now that
the motor works properly we can see that it hasn't been this way in
years. It was installed 7 years ago so no luck on the warranty. The
good new is that the replacement motor is guaranteed for a whole
year... One Whole Year! Wow.

Nothing Runs like a Trane wreck.

I wish I had done the due diligence seven years ago. There would
certainly not be a Trane in my basement today had I done so.

Live and learn.

Posted by Tony Hwang on October 30, 2007, 11:39 pm

jwalkky@gmail.com wrote:

> Yeah, the Trane is a great furnace until the motor goes out. I was
> quoted $1000 plus labor to replace the motor. That's One Thousand
> Dollars! Yow, that hurts. The disappointing thing is the motor
> probably failed about 3 or 4 years ago... when it was still under
> warranty. But we didn't notice that is was no longer capable of
> anything but the low speed given the mild climate in Oregon. Now that
> the motor works properly we can see that it hasn't been this way in
> years. It was installed 7 years ago so no luck on the warranty. The
> good new is that the replacement motor is guaranteed for a whole
> year... One Whole Year! Wow.
>
> Nothing Runs like a Trane wreck.
>
> I wish I had done the due diligence seven years ago. There would
> certainly not be a Trane in my basement today had I done so.
>
> Live and learn.
>

Hi,
That may include the motor control board. They're known to destroy each
other.

Posted by Bubba on October 31, 2007, 7:39 am

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:20:58 -0700, jwalkky@gmail.com wrote:

>Yeah, the Trane is a great furnace until the motor goes out. I was
>quoted $1000 plus labor to replace the motor. That's One Thousand
>Dollars! Yow, that hurts. The disappointing thing is the motor
>probably failed about 3 or 4 years ago... when it was still under
>warranty. But we didn't notice that is was no longer capable of
>anything but the low speed given the mild climate in Oregon. Now that
>the motor works properly we can see that it hasn't been this way in
>years. It was installed 7 years ago so no luck on the warranty. The
>good new is that the replacement motor is guaranteed for a whole
>year... One Whole Year! Wow.
>Nothing Runs like a Trane wreck.
>I wish I had done the due diligence seven years ago. There would
>certainly not be a Trane in my basement today had I done so.
>Live and learn.

Hmmm, remember that 5 or 10 yr parts and labor warranty that your HVAC
specialists offered you but you thought it was way too expensive then?
Bad decision. huh? :-)
Bubba

Posted by MLD on October 31, 2007, 11:50 am

> Yeah, the Trane is a great furnace until the motor goes out. I was
> quoted $1000 plus labor to replace the motor. That's One Thousand
> Dollars! Yow, that hurts. The disappointing thing is the motor
> probably failed about 3 or 4 years ago... when it was still under
> warranty. But we didn't notice that is was no longer capable of
> anything but the low speed given the mild climate in Oregon. Now that
> the motor works properly we can see that it hasn't been this way in
> years. It was installed 7 years ago so no luck on the warranty. The
> good new is that the replacement motor is guaranteed for a whole
> year... One Whole Year! Wow.
> Nothing Runs like a Trane wreck.
> I wish I had done the due diligence seven years ago. There would
> certainly not be a Trane in my basement today had I done so.
> Live and learn.

My gas utility company offers a service plan that will cover just about
anything that can fail in the home heating or cooling system. Doesn't yours?
MLD

Posted by ransley on October 31, 2007, 2:31 pm

> > Yeah, the Trane is a great furnace until the motor goes out. I was
> > quoted $1000 plus labor to replace the motor. That's One Thousand
> > Dollars! Yow, that hurts. The disappointing thing is the motor
> > probably failed about 3 or 4 years ago... when it was still under
> > warranty. But we didn't notice that is was no longer capable of
> > anything but the low speed given the mild climate in Oregon. Now that
> > the motor works properly we can see that it hasn't been this way in
> > years. It was installed 7 years ago so no luck on the warranty. The
> > good new is that the replacement motor is guaranteed for a whole
> > year... One Whole Year! Wow.
> > Nothing Runs like a Trane wreck.
> > I wish I had done the due diligence seven years ago. There would
> > certainly not be a Trane in my basement today had I done so.
> > Live and learn.

> My gas utility company offers a service plan that will cover just about
> anything that can fail in the home heating or cooling system. Doesn't yours?
> MLD- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -

Low speed draw on a vsdc can be 90-110 watts, low speed draw of an
Alternating Current blower is around 350-375 watts of the same size,
that can be a large payback over years of summer and winter use.

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