On Oct 31, 8:30 am, http://www.thehvacmedic.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:20:58 -0700, wrote:
Yeah, the Trane is a great furnace until the motor goes out. I was
quoted $1000 plus labor to replace the motor. That's One Thousand
Dollars! Yow, that hurts. The disappointing thing is the motor
probably failed about 3 or 4 years ago... when it was still under
warranty. But we didn't notice that is was no longer capable of
anything but the low speed given the mild climate in Oregon. Now that
the motor works properly we can see that it hasn't been this way in
years. It was installed 7 years ago so no luck on the warranty. The
good new is that the replacement motor is guaranteed for a whole
year... One Whole Year! Wow.

Nothing Runs like a Trane wreck.

I wish I had done the due diligence seven years ago. There would
certainly not be a Trane in my basement today had I done so.

Live and learn.

All Trane reps will offer a 5 or 10 year parts and labor warranty. Now
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The motors were redesigned a few years ago so they now last alot
longer, if you never need more than low speed , you were probably
oversized. The 10 yr warranty option should always be taken with vsdc
motor. Depending on your Kwh cost over the past years you likely
already have saved alot of the replacement cost on the motor from
electric savings, my payback on vsdc is maybe 6 years. You might
benefit from having a surge protector on your furnace and home, there
are alot of electronics in your furnace.