Hi all,

My Kitchen Range Hood fan has stop working after about 17 years. I went out
and bought a
replacement motor to replace it, after about a month the motor fan has
smokes coming out and
stop working, the plastic that cover the copper wire had melted. I took it
back to the store that
I bought it from and they replaced with a new one, after I put it back the
same thing happened and they
gave me a new one and I also bought a new switch. But after I look at the
wiring of the switch I desired
not to install the switch and just install the motor. After about a month
with the third motor the same thing
happened again, the fan stop working, the plastic cover melted and smokes
coming out. When I touch
the motor it was hot to the touch. We finally found the flyer the have the
information about the name of the
company that the Range Hood was manufactured, so I called the company and
went to buy a replacement
motor. The motor I got this time does not have plastic cover like the other
one. But after I installed and
my wife was using the fan for about a short time the motor slow down and
stop. After it cool down I can
turn it on and it run again. I called the company that I bought the motor
from they refer me to the installer
and suggest that to have them to come in and take a look. I called the
installer and he suspect that it's
must be the switch and suggest that I replace the switch. So I opened up
the metal plate the cover the
wire nut where the wire from the switch goes into connect with the wire from
main circuit board and found
that the BLUE wire from the switch connected to the RED, the RED from the
switch connected to BLACK.
This a puzzle to me the way it's being done. My question is should I
connect my new switch with the same
color together? (RED to RED, BLACK to BLACK and BLUE to BLUE).

Thank for any help with this.