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Default Blower on furnace hums and doesn't start



Hi volts500, hope you are having a nice day

On 23-Nov-03 At About 19:00:41, volts500 wrote to volts500
Subject: Blower on furnace hums and doesn't start

v From: "volts500"

v wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:15:02 GMT, "volts500"
wrote:



v Looks like you're the one who needs to go to school, son. Classic
v motor start symptoms and you gotta make like it's a some kinda trade
v secret.

v "Fan turns effortlessly"...bearings? locked rotor? NOT! Motor getting
v power? Well, it's humming. Gee Wally, do you 'pose we should check
v the cap?

This doesn't necessarily mean it is the cap. I think you need more schooling
if you think that could be the only cause. I have seen many motors that had
these symptoms and it was simply a bad motor. ( winding ) I have also seen
bad relay contacts sending a reduced voltage cause the same symptoms.



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