rtz
Aug 17, 2009, 11:17 AM
Okay, so the heating/ac guy cannot get out for a few days, so I started diagnosing things myself.
My blower (rheem residential gas/ac unit, less than 6 years old) was slowing down and finally quit. I had the motor checked out and it was dead at this point (very dirty, had been running on very dirty filter for awhile). I bought a replacement and got the appropriate run coil for the new motor. I put everything together and power it up - ac unit starts cooling, but the blower still doesn't kick on. I hear no huming, everything spins freely, board lights up fine, etc. Furnace is set with the "fan on" position so that it should be powering up right away, but nothing.
I checked for voltage going to the motor and am getting nothing on any of the 4 wires (red, black, blue, or yellow) going to the motor (using white as my common). Are there any other possible issues here, or should I break down and replace the board next? I thought about desoldering the relays and replacing them but figured that I can get a board just as quickly, and it might not be the problem (I suppose I could check the other side of the relay and see if power is hitting the relay at all). Before I do anything else though, are there likely other issues I should be investigating first, or should I take the plunge and buy another controller board?
Also, can safely run the motor on direct 110v by bypassing the controller board just to push some cool air into the house for 20 mins or so if needed (if heat reaches 100+ again?) I know this isn't the best solution, but I'm looking at another day till the controller board would arrive.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thx.
My blower (rheem residential gas/ac unit, less than 6 years old) was slowing down and finally quit. I had the motor checked out and it was dead at this point (very dirty, had been running on very dirty filter for awhile). I bought a replacement and got the appropriate run coil for the new motor. I put everything together and power it up - ac unit starts cooling, but the blower still doesn't kick on. I hear no huming, everything spins freely, board lights up fine, etc. Furnace is set with the "fan on" position so that it should be powering up right away, but nothing.
I checked for voltage going to the motor and am getting nothing on any of the 4 wires (red, black, blue, or yellow) going to the motor (using white as my common). Are there any other possible issues here, or should I break down and replace the board next? I thought about desoldering the relays and replacing them but figured that I can get a board just as quickly, and it might not be the problem (I suppose I could check the other side of the relay and see if power is hitting the relay at all). Before I do anything else though, are there likely other issues I should be investigating first, or should I take the plunge and buy another controller board?
Also, can safely run the motor on direct 110v by bypassing the controller board just to push some cool air into the house for 20 mins or so if needed (if heat reaches 100+ again?) I know this isn't the best solution, but I'm looking at another day till the controller board would arrive.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thx.