I recently fitted a new fan motor to the oven of my electric cooker.
Although it works perfectly well, the rotation is wrong according to the
arrow marking in the centre of the fan. Could it be I've got the connections
wrong?

m.cottam1 wrote:
I recently fitted a new fan motor to the oven of my electric cooker.
Although it works perfectly well, the rotation is wrong according to the
arrow marking in the centre of the fan. Could it be I've got the connections
wrong?


I thought all oven fans use shaded pole motors - all the ones I've ever
seen do. If this is the case, then unless the shading coil is broken,
there is no way for the motor to go in the wong direction. You can't
connect it the wrong way round - it's AC.

Does it suck or blow into the oven? It should blow. If it blows, then
the fan is spinning the right way, but the arrow is wrong.


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Grunff

"Grunff" wrote in message
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m.cottam1 wrote:
I recently fitted a new fan motor to the oven of my electric cooker.
Although it works perfectly well, the rotation is wrong according to the
arrow marking in the centre of the fan. Could it be I've got the
connections
wrong?


I thought all oven fans use shaded pole motors - all the ones I've ever
seen do. If this is the case, then unless the shading coil is broken,
there is no way for the motor to go in the wong direction. You can't
connect it the wrong way round - it's AC.

Does it suck or blow into the oven? It should blow. If it blows, then the
fan is spinning the right way, but the arrow is wrong.


--
Grunff

As it is a centrifugal fan, will it matter? (presuming it is centrifugal and
not axial)

As it is a centrifugal fan, will it matter? (presuming it
is=ADcentrifugal and
not axial)

The fan blades will normally be angled to maximise flow, running the
wrong way will cause a bit lower airflow rate, but it should still
work.