On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:06:13 -0500, Home Guy wrote:

unnecessarily full-quoted:

The new furnace is a multispeed brushless DC motor

Which are glorified stepper motors.

In my house, the only place these wimpy DC motors will ever be is in my
hard drive and DVD players.

They are a heck of a lot more efficient than a crappy split cap
induction motor!!