Furnace motor - Too much to pay??

Posted by tomkanpa on August 20, 2005, 8:19 am

My neighbor called me over, said that the AC/Furnace and basement
lights were off but the breakers weren't tripped. So I looked, found
one labled basement lights which seemed to be tripped but very little.
I turned it off, then on and the lights came on but the furnace didn't.
I told her to turn the fan on at the thermostat. She did, the lights
went off. She wanted to call an electrician, I suggested a furnace man.
Saw her a little later and she thanked me for the suggestion. The
repair guy came, run a few tests, said that it looks like a job for an
electrician. Then he tried one more thing and determined that it was
the furnace blower motor. He replaced it and everything was working.
It's a 13 year old Carrier High-efficiency furnace. The motor and labor
was $310.
This seemed like a lot to me. I didn't say so.
What do you think, was she over charged??

Posted by Greg O on August 20, 2005, 11:09 am

> > It's a 13 year old Carrier High-efficiency furnace. The motor and labor

> was $310.
> This seemed like a lot to me. I didn't say so.
> What do you think, was she over charged??

Maybe, maybe not.
We just replaced a furnace for a customer because the blower motor went out.
Our cost for the motor was $800!!
Greg

Posted by tomkanpa on August 20, 2005, 10:33 am

Maybe, maybe not.
We just replaced a furnace for a customer because the blower motor went
out.
Our cost for the motor was $800!!

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Why did you have to replace the furnace? Why not just the motor?

Posted by Greg O on August 20, 2005, 1:11 pm

> Maybe, maybe not.
> We just replaced a furnace for a customer because the blower motor went
> out.
> Our cost for the motor was $800!!
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> Why did you have to replace the furnace? Why not just the motor?

$800 dollar motor in a 13 year old furnace, plus the fact that he is a GOOD
friend of the owner of the company I work for = new furnace at cost!

Even so I would be reluctant to put $800 in 13 year old furnace.
Greg

Posted by George E. Cawthon on August 20, 2005, 10:08 pm

Greg O wrote:

>>>It's a 13 year old Carrier High-efficiency furnace. The motor and labor

>>was $310.
>>This seemed like a lot to me. I didn't say so.
>>What do you think, was she over charged??

>
>
> Maybe, maybe not.
> We just replaced a furnace for a customer because the blower motor went out.
> Our cost for the motor was $800!!
> Greg
>
>

Obviously not an average house.

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