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Posted by ransley on October 31, 2007, 2:31 pm
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> > 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.
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> > Nothing Runs like a Trane wreck.
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> > 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.
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> > Live and learn.
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> 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?
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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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