Replace Rheem A/C condenser fan motor - NO SKILL NEEDED
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- I was having issues with my fan motor locking up causing warm blowing air inside the house. Because of this it caused the inside unit to remain running all day while I was at work....only to find a $200 electric bill this month. SO I did some troubleshooting and found this was the culprit. The model of HVAC shown in the video is FPBA-036JAS. The AC guy wanted $350 to inspect and replace this motor... I was able to replace it for about $108 in about an hour.
Purchased: August 2023 - still works GREAT!I czcams.com/users/postUgkxxsUnXhGsSJLim_XnMHyQK0u3XVaW-CGn live in a studio and during the summer it gets scorching hot - really old building with no ac units. I can’t express how EASY it was to install. This unit has been a life savior during the summer and some days during other seasons where it can still be a bit warm at night. In this small place is my friend, a husky, poodle mix and myself. We need AC - lolI don’t use the dehumidifier option - I’m not sure if it will leak in my house, since I did not install the small draining hose that came with it. May look into it late but I don’t worry about much humidity in the apartment. I don’t understand why the negative reviews since all things mentioned, I personally did not find issues with. Definitely worth it!
💯 in my new house after this one I moved up to a 4 ton unit and it takes way less time to cool the house it can run only 10-15 mins at a time now verses 30-45 mins at a tike before (know this by Nest App)
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*Used to supplement the up stairs when it gets hot outside this works very well and **Fastly.Cool** Also works good when the upstairs gets too hot in the Winter from the heater.*
Excellent video. One of the best and easy to understand video on the subject. I think I now can change my ac fan motor if I have to. Thanks for doing the video.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for posting. Very helpful.
Nice video, I've done this before, and I'm doing it again (I have 2 RAKA-018JAZ) units. It's an easy job, good vid.
You should have turned the motor 1/4 turn with mounting screws & you would NOT have had any problems with the wiring going directly into the wire channel
You don't need that ground wire when the motor is mounted directly to the chassis.
Nope and what do ya know 5 years later that bitchin 8" shaft still hanging downwards and still runs like a scalded dog!! Much like SOME of you HVAC people who use scaremongering used by your employers to down play DIY people learning to do these simple tasks around the house. I am much like everyone else in here tired of getting ripped off by HVAC companies. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND IF THIS HASN'T QUIT AFTER 5 HOT ASS SUMMERS THAT $108 WAS TIME WELL SPENT!!!! I love reading the comments after years and years of people "discussing" all the ways they would have done it differently. I welcome all comments. :)
If you're in a jam and need to get a few more days out of the old motor hit it with 3 in 1 oil. It all depends on how your fan spins. When you spin the fan and you don't feel and resistance you should be good. If you feel resistance the motor is shot. Remember this is just to bye you more time untill a new motor is delivered. Also if you need to cool the motor down a wet rag will work. Just be careful.
If the motor is mounted directly to housing, ie no grommets or dampeners, you do not need to install the grounding wire
Would be good if you showed how to wire the new capacitor into the old dual one. Brown wire to fan, other wire to C, right?
You just save me a lot of time and money! Thank you!
Nikolai Primelles excellent to hear!!
Just payed $600 for 4 ton fan motor grew up with technician. Will zNever speak again with warranty. Opinions appreciated. So warranty has no use
I used the old capacitor and wired it, white with orange, brown on the other side of capacitor, and black on black (T2) left brown/ white off. Seems to work
Hi good afternoon I have the same furnace. What type of ac motor should I purchase? And which way does the rotation needs to spin?? Ty
good job. Now i am going to try it
Two major mistakes Bradley ... you didn't cut off the excess fan blade shaft (which can prematurely ruin your new fan motor), and you didn't warn people how they might die touching the capacitor even if the power is off ... and how to discharge that energy.
he has some nice beeping sounds at 3:09 on though......
didn't cut off the excess fan blade shaft (which can prematurely ruin your new fan motor) - how?? The original one had the same 8" shaft with the fan mounted in the middle. Worked OK for 20 years. Also a 220V 50MFD hvac capacitor doesn't have enough power to kill a human...
How so?
For me, the motor shaft doesn't have a good connection to the fan blade. The set screw is tight, but the fan can move around the shaft with no problem.
I wish the video would have shown the blade going onto the shaft.
Regarding the fan motor rotation CW or CCW. Is the turning direction with the fan motor mounted in the condenser with the shaft pointed downward toward the bottom of the condenser.
It's from the perspective of how you would see it while you are mounting it, i.e. from the bottom.
My unit keeps tripping the breaker on it the house and the wall I’m guessing this is the problem as it gets extremely hot on the top.
If it just a 20/30 dollar copasitor that you can fix, why pay 700 bucks for service or 1500 for a new unit? A fan motor can be replaced as well easily too. Its a rip off when you can DIY. It could be a fan motor, but mine spind freely, and I brushed the radiators and hosed them out. I could be a contacter. Trial and error. If a new capaciter doest work, then try a new fan moter with the old one. It could be a bad contactor too. The compressor works, fan spinds freely, but the fan doesnt kick on so the unit gets hot and the compressor kicks off. The radiator on the side of where the electronics are were caked, so I brushed them blasted the radiators with a hose with a good nozzle. Now to see if a new capacitor works, if not, its the fan motor. This fan spins freely. Seems like it needs power.. so capaciter or fan moter.
+James Hightower clueless dude dont call it a rip off when you dont have a clue!
so do you complain this much about pricing that reputable other places charge ie your cost of food and alcohol? how about your nails? cup of coffee at starbucks /DD ? how about washing your car vs bringing it in?do you know what it really cost for products you buy off the shelf? does MacDonalds tell you the $4 hamburger costs a $1 to make?all cost about 3 times up to 50 times more than you can make or do at your own house? you going to buy chickens and cows now and DIY that?would you have known it was the ac motor and or capacitor had it not been for the professional diagnosing it? good for you you did it yourself? professionals charge a price thats fair to them and hopefully adds value while they are there letting you know other issues and gets it done for those who do not want to diy or can not.. 350 is not over priced for a replacement motor, if it were 500-700 which i know some flat rate price books have in it as a profit margin for super large companys to operate. again kudos and great you do it yourself but dont rip into and overpricing an gouging while you are in a public forum when you dont take into consideration what it costs for gas, maintenance , and vehicle costs just to get to each persons home, than cost not only to get a licence but carry vehicle and contractors insurance, pull permits, training, tools, overhead(untilities/advertising/websites/employees etc) and not only the cost of the parts and equipment but procuring them and then restocking them, they dont just suddenly appear in our hands and we just dont suddenly have free labor to put them in.. so lets try and be a little more happy you did this and helped another but at the same time not be a total tool putting down reputable contractors..some people are clueless..
My replacement motor is longer than the original.
When I adjust the fan to the highest position it is still below the fan shroud.
Is your fan below the shroud?
It is less efficient unless the fan is centered on the shroud.
Where do I buy a single stage canister for a ring 45 6% 370 volt
Not sure about your location but normally the HVAC guys have a shop around town they buy their parts like ABC Supply www.abcsupply.com/
Can you go over the wiring, we have the exact a/c and symptoms and we replaced the fan and it is running but now no cool air . We had cool air before just over heating and seize up. We removed brown orange from small capacitor and black from switch. How do we took up 4 lines, we have black, white, brown, brown/white and ground.
Better call a skilled hvac technician to properly diagnose the problems with your a/c unit. Before you start changing parts, or hurting yourself.
Great video. Thanks!!!
I have called some universal motor companys,,,and try to convice them to either add length to the reversing leads....so you can reverese in cabinet...instead of these annolying reversiing leads...hard to place....especially on a goodman, carrier type condenser...i try to carry enough dual 7.5 dual capicators...or evern 10 mft dual..so i can use and wire 3 wire style...
Cool idea
Can I get a picture of the wring also? My setup is exactly the same. The issue im having is I was told to connect the black and white wire to L1 and L2. When I do this, everything works flawlessly except the fan will not shut off at all.
I'm trying to hook up the wires to the capacitor, how do I do that??
All these butthurt AC guys should really learn something on how to fix ACs. Don't you love when they come out and change out a CAP for $250.00, when the cap itself is $3.00? Or when they change a fan motor for $450.00, and you look up that exact fan motor, and it's $120.00? No wonder people look on youtube to see how to do it themselves. Luckily, my AC guy is pretty honest (and I pay them extra for that honesty), but I have had very many that are not, just look below at the comments, you will see very clearly the dishonest ones.
What motor is that? I have a similar Rheem model RAMB 030 JAZ. Yours looks the same. Was that a 1/5 hp motor?
Did you cut the shaft
Hi Brad, i have a question. i bought a replacement motor packard for my rheem hvac. everything looks just like your rheem. i ran my green ground. i ran my two brown and brown /white to my new capacitor. black goes to black.white goes to orange.. i see three orange wires in my unit. im not sure where they go exactly... im stuck on where exactly the orange wires go... if you can detail me. thank you
Your brown and white wire is common inside the motor which means you don't need to use if you motor had on 3 wires, so cap it off and zip tie inside box. Then you can hook it up the same way it was from factory with two separate start
un capacitors.
Where does the herm compressor wire connect to???
Sorry I sold that house years ago I apologize I cannot help you more than that.
I see that you still have the old capacitor. i think I need to change my motor too bec. my fan still won't start after changing the capacitor and everything was so hot instantly plus there was a buzzing sound. which color of the wirings goes which to the dual capacitor? also you mentioned the fan should be turning clockwise, is that from the top view when it's on? thanks!
It's from the bottom, which is how you are going to see the fan blade while you are mounting on it. You can see in the video he mounted it clockwise from the bottom.
what about the wiring?? orange with white , black with black and and brown and brown white to the new capacitor. so what should i do with the other brown?
Why are those always so loud on the reams
Any idea how to recharge 1 of these old things?
Is there a link to the new motor??
@anthonybonino6886 sorry I recorded this many years ago I since moved from this house
@@FireStoneDashcamVids thanks for the quick reply!
an hour total from time you found out what the issue was? how bout time spent searching for parts , driving to and from supply house and gas spent to do so? than add an hour?
Did u cut off the pegs on the motor?
actually I never did.... I sold that house like 2 years ago and I bet to this day its still "hanging out"
I need a stop start capacitor single stage for Rheem 0:38 0:38
Have you tried a company like ABC Supply.com I think they are nationwide
Thanks for wasting 20 minutes to show us the obvious but leaving us in the dust with the wiring and capacitor...
Chris B he's a hack
Did not explain the wire connections you only said that you connected them no showing of it. So this video did not help me.
If you can’t read a wiring diagram you shouldn’t be working on electrical equipment
@@tjwicks2283 to make an effective video you have to speak and illustrate. Show and Tell. Not tell and no show. It will be useless and ineffective so no reason for the video at all unless you just like hearing yourself talk
Capciter rtushion weing moter near one lind n line capciter fixing
Is the motor still running? It has been a year and you never took out drain plug. Just curious. They usually don't last long that way. Which could mean 216$ and 2 hours time.
runs like a champ no problems whatsoever since the day I put in the fan motor. thanks
Perhaps he's in a low to no humidity region?
The correct drain plug appeared to be removed, just not shown being removed.
@@brockshields9336... oh, I see, you made a funny.
Because he's in Florida..! Muy humid.
How did you replace or remove the 4 pegs on the motor
He took it to Home Depot. They removed the 4 pegs on the motor for him.
You have to say which wire goes to fan, which goes to common etc.
Fuck up! My repairman charged me $ 500 for it!!!!!!
Just replaced mine and now the high pressure manual reset button won’t reset have a rock on it holding it down so system keeps running
$ 500 Its not worth your life? I disagree! Some people can kill each other for $ 1 dollar. It is still big money, how about it? I have to work a whole week to get it.
Can you zoom closer and point closer to the wire next video?
If you like I can take a picture of my wiring and email it to you.
Bradley Boggs please email me a pic of your wiring
I know this is an old video. But can you send me a pic of your wiring ? I'm getting ready to do this on the exact same unit. Thank you
Great. What the name of the screw driver?
OH and dont forget the 1yr warranty the contractor gives should that motor or cap fail and have to come back out and fix it again for free.. total rip off i know..LMAO
please hire a professional you can seriously hurt yourself with one simple mistake during wiring
That ac guy probably would have secured those capacitors properly too
you just left them laying there very unprofessional but not uncommon from a homeowner repair
derrick owens I am not a professional too but that something i would have done different if i was to do the same thing i would at least made the wiring look a little more neat then others that just letting the capacitors sit there not secured
Well I am a professional so people putting videos like this on CZcams gives us guys a bad name and potentially puts other home owners in danger to themselves or to their equipment if you are not trained don't do it that's the bottom line
A homeowner that knows a little about wiring could likely do it probably saves them some money as well because not saying you but there are HVAC techs out there that are more there for the money then the repair or just wants to sell you a new system when it's not needed this is what might give you a more of a bad name then anything else however anyone that dose the repair them self's put's it on CZcams need to at least they need to put a disclaimer on there videos stating the that this repair is at their own risk act and judgement and that if in doubt get some out to do it then, that way you not going to get a bad rap over it if someone dose a stupid thing
+derrick owens I've had at least 3 HVAC repair people work on my Reem Corsaire unit and every time the capacitor has been left hanging inside the main panel. When I asked the last one about it he said that since no wire ends were exposed it should be fine once the panel cover is secured.
+Megan Keith that's is the wrong way of doing all capacitors have to be secured what if someone bumped into your unit and that capacitor jumped around or something oops there go your capacitor and possible other stuff along with it!!!!!
Should be more dislikes for this video. DIY legend in his own mind. I didn't see the unit running and cooling at the end of the video.
Dang that looks like shit 😂
Vibration will cause that capacitor to move and eventually short out. I sure hope you pulled out the drain plug on the motor. If not you'll be putting installing a new motor in a matter of months. This is exactly why homeowners should not do hvac work !!!
HVAC DOC. LOL You paranoid Hvac techs surly love to troll and nick pick at others DIY jobs, i not a tech too but if i was to do the same job i would to do a few thing more then what most would typically do at least make the wiring look more presentable then letting it sit there unsecured for other issues down the road pulling out the drain plug was probably mentioned in the instruction that came with the motor and in other CZcams videos
But he can post another video on it and look like a big shot repairman. No skill involved in the title.
Nope, there are many homeowners that are much more smarter than AC guys. Don't over generalize.
What an idiotic comment.
Moral of the story: Never trust AC guys that turd on the job or are Polish
$108 dollars but how much did you over pay for the motor and cap? the manufacturer who built it might have done so for $50 so you paid 3 times the amount for that? sounds like a rip off , should build the motor and cap yourself as well.. note sarcasm see point..smh
Seriously man change your video to NO SKILL HERE. You made some serious errors in your video and could kill someone. At the very least you will blow up your equipment. You need to show how to discharge a capacitor. You didn't cut off the excess fan shaft which will cause bearing failure. You didn't get the blade back in the exact position which will cause improper airflow, but worst of all you didn't secure your capacitors which are floating around in there carrying line voltage. Thumbs down all around man. You did a nice tie off job on the wires around the fan and then you slip on the rest of the job? makes no sense! Think bro!
"You didn't cut off the excess fan shaft which will cause bearing failure" - it will cause nothing since the force is centered, it is a myth that the shaft needs to be cut. The rest is negligible, please provide a single instance of a human killed by a 220V 50 mfd capacitor ever
More Chinese garbage motors , always measure the distance from the bottom of the blade & a reference point BEFORE you take it off , don't just eyeball it back on , it needs to be located in the shroud correctly to move air properly, Love the caps floating around in the control box , your scaring me , I'm out. Better keep your liability insurance paid up .
so do you complain this much about pricing that reputable other places charge ie your cost of food and alcohol? how about your nails? cup of coffee at starbucks /DD ? how about washing your car vs bringing it in?do you know what it really cost for products you buy off the shelf? does MacDonalds tell you the $4 hamburger costs a $1 to make?all cost about 3 times up to 50 times more than you can make or do at your own house? you going to buy chickens and cows now and DIY that?would you have known it was the ac motor and or capacitor had it not been for the professional diagnosing it? good for you you did it yourself? professionals charge a price thats fair to them and hopefully adds value while they are there letting you know other issues and gets it done for those who do not want to diy or can not.. 350 is not over priced for a replacement motor, if it were 500-700 which i know some flat rate price books have in it as a profit margin for super large companys to operate. again kudos and great you do it yourself but dont rip into and overpricing an gouging while you are in a public forum when you dont take into consideration what it costs for gas, maintenance , and vehicle costs just to get to each persons home, than cost not only to get a licence but carry vehicle and contractors insurance, pull permits, training, tools, overhead(untilities/advertising/websites/employees etc) and not only the cost of the parts and equipment but procuring them and then restocking them, they dont just suddenly appear in our hands and we just dont suddenly have free labor to put them in.. so lets try and be a little more happy you did this and helped another but at the same time not be a total tool putting down reputable contractors..some people are clueless..
William loved the true but harsh comments. But I think Billy is a engineer. He is smart, smarter than any dumb, overpaid hvacr technician. Take it apart. Dissect why the part failed. LOL. He took a break while it was raining. Probably took him 2 days to his job and 1 day of editing.