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Posted by m Ransley on December 20, 2005, 6:21 am
If 500 is what heating companies charge for an AC blower motor what is
the price for a VS DC blower 1000$ ??
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Posted by Bubba on December 20, 2005, 6:02 pm
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:21:01 -0600, ransley@webtv.net (m Ransley)
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>If 500 is what heating companies charge for an AC blower motor what is
>the price for a VS DC blower 1000$ ??
Yeah, pretty much. Havent changed one yet for a blower out of
warranty. Thats why you get the 10 yr. Even if you wont be there that
long, you can transfer the warranty usually one time. Makes for some
happy people.
Bubba
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on December 20, 2005, 6:41 am
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> George E. Cawthon wrote:
>> Don't bet on a swap in 15 minutes tho.
> You could get lucky. But in my case, the furnace was in the attic,
> which had 20 years' accumulation of dust in it, and the motor was
> on the back side of the furnace, behind a panel that was, to put
> it mildly, tightly attached. So it was a dirty, unpleasant job.
Real life experience, just yesterday.
Blower motor on a gas fired boiler had to be replaced, the alleged 15 minute
job. Experienced service tech t hat has done plenty of work for us on our
boilers.
Removed motor and blower wheel assembly 10 minutes
Removed blower wheel from motor 2 hours, lots of penetrating oil
two easy outs, one sawzall blade, my help for 30 minutes
Replace motor assembly 10 minutes
Shop rate $90/hour plus travel. Add in the cost of the motor.
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Posted by CJT on December 19, 2005, 8:26 pm
vferdman@gmail.com wrote:
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> Hi. I would like some advice. I have an 18 year old Bryant furnace
> that seems to work fine. The blower motor went south on it last
> Friday. The company that I have a service contract with recomends
> replacement of the entire furnace as it has exceeded its life
> expectancy. They'll replace the blower on the old one, but are
> advising against throwing good money after bad. They say about $500 to
> replace the motor, about $2800 for the new furnace (both installed
> prices). It's a single family home. The current furnace is 125,000
> BTU 60% efficiency, the new one will be 110,000 and more efficient
> (80%).
>
> Please help me decide what to do. I am leaning towards accepting the
> advice of replacing the furnace, but was not ready for a big-ticket
> item just yet. I just want to know what the common sense thing to do
> would be. The service company is a reputable one and has been
> servicing this house for many, many years. I just owned this house for
> about 1.5 years.
>
> Many thanks,
> Vladimir
>
FWIW, I replaced the fan motor in my furnace a couple of years ago.
The motor cost me about 100 bucks, and it took me about half a day,
including finding and procuring the replacement. It was a pretty
dirty job, though, so you might want to hire it out.
500 bucks seems high to me.
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Posted by Mark on December 19, 2005, 9:56 pm
CJT wrote:
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> vferdman@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi. I would like some advice. I have an 18 year old Bryant furnace
> > that seems to work fine. The blower motor went south on it last
> > Friday. The company that I have a service contract with recomends
> > replacement of the entire furnace as it has exceeded its life
> > expectancy. They'll replace the blower on the old one, but are
> > advising against throwing good money after bad. They say about $500 to
> > replace the motor, about $2800 for the new furnace (both installed
> > prices). It's a single family home. The current furnace is 125,000
> > BTU 60% efficiency, the new one will be 110,000 and more efficient
> > (80%).
> > Please help me decide what to do. I am leaning towards accepting the
> > advice of replacing the furnace, but was not ready for a big-ticket
> > item just yet. I just want to know what the common sense thing to do
> > would be. The service company is a reputable one and has been
> > servicing this house for many, many years. I just owned this house for
> > about 1.5 years.
> > Many thanks,
> > Vladimir
You said you were handy...
replace the motor yourself...
it may not be the motor, maybe the run cap is bad, maybe just a bad
connection
also depends how cold your family is right now and how long you can
afford to wait...
Mark
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