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Trane Variable Speed Furnace jwalkky 10-30-2007
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Posted by PrecisioNmachinisT on October 31, 2007, 3:18 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.
>

Quit whining the new blower is gonna pay for itself every 3 or 4 years......

--





Posted by Mark on November 4, 2007, 8:14 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.- Hide quoted
text -
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> - Show quoted text -

and you get correspondingly fewer CFM...

A VSDC motor does not deliver more CFM per watt..

Mark


Posted by on October 31, 2007, 12:09 pm
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.

When the motor on my TWE went bad they decided I needed the moror and
the controller board. It was going to be at least $1000. For $210
(including the original service call) they put a regular motor and
contactor in there and it works great.
This was about 9 years into a 10 year P&L that was given away free as
part of the original sales promotion but nobody seemed to remember
that and I couldn't prove it. The tech said I could pay him and fight
it out with Trane if I wanted or I could just stay "down" and fight it
out before he fixed it.

Posted by Bob Pietrangelo on October 31, 2007, 3:56 pm
Why didn't you purchase the 10 year extended warranty. It would have cost
you half of the motor and covered everything else on the furnace too.
--
Bob Pietrangelo
bobp3@comcast.net (home)
bob@comfort-solution.biz (work)
www.comfort-solution.biz





> 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 RickH on October 31, 2007, 4:18 pm
On Oct 30, 10:20 pm, jwal...@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.

Ha, the worst furnace I ever owned was a new Trane (in my old house).
The best furnace I've had is my current Bryant, go figure. Maybe I
just got a lemon or maybe it was mis-adjusted, it short cycled
constantly in heat mode, made a loud "poof" whenver it lit up, pretty
scary, and my chimney condensate increased greatly after it was
installed dripping down wall under the clean out hatch, and needed
several repair calls. Whereas the Bryant has been one dependable and
quiet little workhorse.



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