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Mike Dobony Mike Dobony is offline
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Default Fan motor runs backwards


"Telstra" wrote in message
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"Bobo" wrote in message
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What's up with a third horse whole house fan motor that has begun to
occasionally run backwards. This started happening about the same time
the switch went bad. I put in an identical switch and didn't mess with
the motor wiring. It's AC, 120.
Thanks

The Fan motor capacitor has two terminals each terminal connected
to a motor winding and one also connected to the Active. Switching
the Active to the other terminal will reverse the rotation of the motor


But how can this happen occasionally?