I had two “technicians” (actually sales people) come out and quote me from between 8k-14k to replace my whole air conditioning system. They said it was burned out and not worth the money to fix. I ended up doing it myself for less than $300 by watching this video (I ended up changing out the capacitor and contactor as well). This is the real deal, don’t let yourself get ripped off.

I bought the motor for $230 after taxes...... And just spent 35 minutes doing it myself.... Thank you for this video it saved me $888. I paid a company to diagnostic my unit. ($69) they then emailed a quote of $888 just for the labor!!!! I'm not a guy that knows or even wants to deal with wiring but this was easy even for me

Thank you Sam for taking the time to make this video it definitely helped me.

Thanks Sam. Its that time of the year again and this information is golden!

I replaced the capacitor then the compressor would run but the fan wont, double checked all connections and everything was fine. Texted an HVAC tech I know and was hoping he will be able to come and fix the fan tomorrow. Then I watched your video right before going to bed and went to the unit with a long screw driver, gave it a spin and pushed the breaker in and the unit started running just fine. Tomorrow if the HVAC guy could make time would come and with a poke of screw driver drain $200 out of my pocket. Thank you so much for the video. Just to share with all, my AC stopped working Saturday night and all the HVAC supply stores are closed on Sunday (Atlanta area). So I ordered it from Amazon for $14.99 then added another item to the order to bring my total to over $25 and got overnight Prime delivery in less than 24 hours. When searching I searched for items that has overnight delivery available.

Awesome work! Thanks for taking the time to share it with us! Sincere regards!

THANK YOU!!! Excellent video, and I just finished replacing my motor, thanks to you!!!

Just wanted to say thanks for the video. Your video helped me a lot and gave me confidence to tackle this. It really wasn't that bad at all, and luckily, the motor I ordered had the exact same wiring as my old motor, and I didn't have to splice anything as the wires were long enough for the job. Thanks again

Your video saved us thousands of dollars, thank you thank you thank you!!!

Great explanation, good enunciation and paced well for us non-AC techs! Thank you!!

In the video I watched,found it to be accurate and informative. In your next video I would include the information that there are motors differences when it comes to wet and dry locations . A service tech thought he was giving me a good deal . Sold me an indoor blower motor for a good price, although it was for my condenser. Didn't know till I got it home.I called him he said oh it's alright I use them on all cond. Fan mtr replacements . Sold it back to him.

I have a fan blade puller that looks similar to the one shown in the video. My puller also came with hooks but I have never used them. That puller is worth its weight in gold and has come in handy many times.

Echoing what others have said, thanks for the ELI5 video, very helpful!

Great video! Straight to the point!

I don’t see any video on KZfaq that give more details then your thnx a lot.

Thank you for the helpful video, saved me a great deal of team & money.

Thanks for the video. I followed along and replaced my motor. 🎊 🎉

Great instructions with a calm voice. Thank you

Thank you!!! this video help save the day.

Awesome video!

God bless you man great work

Great video!

I didn’t have a fan puller when I got to that part and I just simply put wd-40 all over the backside and top side aswell as inside the removable tightening nut, then i put an object that fit perfectly in the hole, Put pressure while pulling the fan blade with my other hand (wear gloves just incase) and it came out relatively easy.

Good explanation and details but whatever you do, DO NOT Loop wires outside of the unit under ANY circumstances. Keep all wiring protected inside the confines of the unit. No one should be able to walk up to an electrical device and touch wires without removing a cover to do so.

I think you skipped the step where you yell and cuss at the unit.

thanks for this nice video, if the new fan motor i bought has same rpm, voltage, and HorsePower, but the amp is 1.3 , but the old amp only 1.0, will this cause a problem ? thanks

Thanks for the heads up..

This issue happened to me this past Tuesday, our power company cause outage for about 2 minutes and when it came back on it blew out my motor fan, had to call a professional to come out and replace it today.

Life Saver! Nuff said.

Thank you man.

Thanks for sharing, very good video, it doesn't seem like a difficult task w/ your video. Questions: 1) My condenser runs well, but when the temperature outside gets really cold or hot, it makes a REAL LOUD noise (like buzzing/humming), is this an indication of bad capacitor/motor? Is there a way I can be sure it is before I try to replace it? 2) Why did you cut the bolts? Couldn't you have the left the original length? 3) Why is the motor reversable and doesn't run just on one/the right direction? 4) Is it OK to leave the wires wrapped on the grill permanently? Thank you.

Good job

question: some people cut the ground saying the motor is grounded by frame. also, leaving the reverse wires out is convenient in case need to switch them, however will those get sun damaged over time? also some put the yellow on the contact guess that is ok too? thanks again

THANK YOU SIR!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful

Great video. I got a it lost lining up the wires from New unit to the ines you cut from the old unit

Hi Sam new Subs here .. I was wondering .. How long is the school for HVAC and how much it is and how much worth of tools you should have ? Thanks I really like this video it looks that I might be doing that in , I hope in the Fall , near future 😎👍😊

I'm guessing you had to reverse those yellow and purple rotation wires to get it to turn clockwise.

something I have seen I would like to mention. The wires coming from the fan to the contacts. I have seen on some mobile home manufacturers that didn't have a plastic sleeve for the wires , and I guess it could be the installers , using plastic ties to strap the wire to the top grill. Don't do that. Plastic degrades in the sun. And it will be fine for a while but when it gives and the wire drops into the fan and the fan bends and cuts into the coil, that's totaled. If you have to do that use a coat hanger or something and you need something around the wire if you can to protect it from the sun as well. just sayn

Thanks

When do you replace the fan blades?

Should the exposed wires above fan shroud be sealed from the rain? Any chance it will short out? Thanks

I have two black wires and two brown wires. Brown go to capacitor, but what are the 2 black wires, and how do I test it. Thanks 🙏

How bout the discharging of the old capacitor, did you just use a screwdriver basically across the leads to discharge for safety?

If my fan gets super hot and turns on when I wet it with the water hose is that a sign of bad fan motor??

Where do you land the white wire

Thank you for good vide. We have three wires one black one brown one white but you don’t show where you put white wire ?

What if I got two brown wires one solid brown wire and brown with white strip wire?

Where did u get the crimper kit ?

I’m looking for a video that shows me how to handle a capacitor before removing the wires from it.

Might be a dumb question I'm sorry I'm learning. But disconnecting the unit is that the same as turning the power out in the home. My AC unit is located on the roof

Only thing why extend the wires when you have so much excess?

What size were the nuts you removed to disconnect the motor from the face-plate ?

What website I have a York brand and in need to replace soon

I just came here to see what everyone got quoted for the job. I paid $504 including part and labor June 2023 Dallas, TX

Hey there, just heard a big humming sound outside and turned the breaker off ... now what would cause the outside unit running HOT and the Fan not spinning at all? It seems as if the fan died while the outisde unit and the compressor were working ? any help appreciated it's Sunday night and we have 80+ degrees at 7PM here ... cheers !

Will a fan motor that's getting to Hot keep kicking my Breaker off,Thanks for any help.

Thanks for the video! Can you tell me if a motor with 1 amp will replace a 1.6 amp. Everything else is the same except for amps. HP is 1/6 and 825 rpm. Both same but amps.

It's of the utmost importance to lubricate the shaft.

you didnt say how you cut the shaft, what tool did you use

Did your capitor not have any juice

That's the incorrect fan grille for that unit isn't it

would this also work with a fan motor on hayward summit pool heater unit? my fan motor went out and i would like to do it myself but cant seem to locate the correct video everything comes out to ac units not the pool heaters

Make sure you use sand paper on that shaft! Before anything else!

Hello good video quick question i changed the unit but i find the fan to be about 2 inches lower due to the crank flat end to tighten the screw will.that make a difference if its 2 inches lower then it was before? Thank you. Ps. I subscribed

How much was the motor and where did you buy it?

Where does the white wire go u forgot it?

1998 Bryant 38ckc

Can anyone show me the mechanical code about mtr. replacement in wet and dry locations. How about a laymens mech. code summary lm sure there is a gen. governing code , for all states

Why hanging cables like that?

All these comments are homeowners who didn’t cut their fingers off while trying to do this

Zaid

Can't hear him

Gracias 👍