SAVE $1000!!! Replace that Air Handler Blower motor yourself and tell the ac guy to take a hike!

[@traviselijah]

That "wooooooooo" at the end tells me you're a true DIYer and not some pro trying to make this look easy. That woo was a pure "YES, IT WORKED!" Loved it

[@crand20033]

That "woooooooooo" was him saving thousands of dollars. My tech quoted me $2300 dollars so you'd better know how to do this unless you are a millionaire.

[@robomaster4882]

​@@crand20033That's almost 1/2 the cost of a new AC. It seems all of these contractors think they should be millionaires like they deserve it or something. A friend was quoted $700 per faucet to replace her three bathroom faucets. She bought the faucets at Home Depot and I put them in for free. I like doing diy because I feel like I'm getting back at these ripoffs. I don't know how they sleep at night. It's not the people who actually do the work and are paid by the hour. It's the companies they work for.

[@jeffmartinezbr]

HVAC guys in here wondering how they’re gonna charge people for entire new unit installations for blown motors and capacitors

[@HeirPlain]

Thank you so much for this video, I was able to fix my blower for $400. The company I got to give me a quote estimated a minimum of $1400. I actually saved $1000 just like your thumbnail suggested! Thanks!

[@GReviewz]

That is fantastic! Thank you for the comment. Glad I could help!

[@MrRerod]

where did you buy the motor for that price?

[@HeirPlain]

@@MrRerod Amazon of all places! The motor was about $310 but I had a company come out to diagnose the problem as I'm not an hvac technician. The company charged me $90 for the diagnostic test.

[@Honest_Folk_Lottery_Club]

I'm a handyman in FL we not allowed to touch AC. If I could I could save my customers a lot of money. But in fl electrician, plumber, and HVAC are protected by the old school guys but I just changed my motor the one thing you need to know is a gentec motor is program to your ac. Each model number will match the program just make sure program is same

[@Honest_Folk_Lottery_Club]

United HVAC motors has these less than 300 and they will make sure you get right program for motor and they give 24 month warranty ​@MrRerod

[@Gabriel-vz7ml]

Did you pay ac guy for service diagnostic call?

[@askadleigh]

New home-MOANer here in SWFL! Thank you for this video! Off to fix my blower motor!!! Woohoo

[@GReviewz]

Glad to help! Help save you some money!

[@FAISALALYAHYA-69]

😂😂😂I'm really happy for you And I swear I'm not exaggerating, I learned a thing or two from you and I was able to put back my blower motor (DIY) thanks to you 🙏

[@amazingme894]

I truly felt the WOOO at the end for you. I’m gonna have to check my blower soon and hopefully get the same outcome, I will have this video by my side

[@peterhast]

Thank you for all the details and explanations, I am going to try this, this week.

[@peterhast]

BTW, it worked out great, thanks again!

[@deborahpowers6000]

Very helpful & liked how you described & also told to take picks of wiring. Had HVAC guy came out & he said that the motor was going Out & that a new motor would cost between $975-$1,300.00. And would have to put All new capacitors which just had him to put a new capacitor approximately 3 wks prior. Which was with Service call $225. But he said with New motor would have to put New capacitors. That the New one he'd just put in wasn't compatible with new.motor? Which told me when I got a new motor that I might want to get a New HVAC guy as well. But I'm pretty Tech Savvy. What I just watched & learned from this guy & his very informative video. I do believe I can Save myself several 100s of $$s by what I just learned from him. Thanks Alot Bro. I Truly appreciate your help ALOTT. GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND 🙏 🙏 🙏. Bill from Eastern KY/USA

[@davidreed1000video]

Just did this yesterday myself. Had a much harder time getting the motor shaft out of the wheel, I ended up cutting the shaft. Funny tho that I did a big woo-hoo afterwards as well. Feels really good to be able to diy this job. Nice video!

[@GReviewz]

It's amazing when it's all done and it works. Feels so good! Glad you found my video helpful.

[@Harbinger-2024]

Replaced my blower motor yesterday and saved $1k. Ty very helpful

[@GReviewz]

Love it! Thank you for letting me know! Makes me feel great knowing I helped you save some $$

[@joeburner7120]

How old is your furnace? You do realize if it’s under 10 years old, it’s covered under warranty. The guy showing you the video didn’t know or tell you that his motor was covered under warranty. He spent over $300 to get an aftermarket motor when he could have gotten a company to get an original one for free from manufacturer. Everyone on KZbin tries to outsmart the system. A good HVAC company would have charged him about $200 labor and a FREE (original) blower motor.

[@Harbinger-2024]

@@joeburner7120 nope wasn't covered

[@acr8615]

@@joeburner7120 what's the name that the Blower motor sit in? Is it name cage or assembly cage??

[@joeburner7120]

@@Harbinger-2024 If the unit was registered, it’s covered 10 years. We have relationships with supply houses and even if it was not registered, we can get it under warranty for 10 years from sale of equipment

[@tarmit]

Dad and I replaced my blower motor for $400 ($100 for diagnostic and $300 for motor) following your video. HVAC company wanted $1100. Thank you for the informative video!

[@GReviewz]

That is awesome!

[@crand20033]

My ac company wants $2300 for it. What a rip off. They really just want to sell you a whole new furnace. So they can make more money.

[@Superschemer34]

Where did you buy the motor from?

[@richardesposito6622]

Thanks for sharing this! I have an old goodman 240v blower in our attic that is still working after 30 years! Its a hydronics system and just hoping it make it thru another winter! The one in the Basement one was changed a few years back for $500. Two techs sadly fumbled with 3 call backs and 8 hours later. They and replaced it with a used rusted GE unit kicking around in their truck and disconnected the pre warming temp sensors on the heat exchangers. The replacement makes an intermittent banging sound when it goes off! It is probably a bearing or they forgot a grommet! Originally they were both pretty quiet when they ran!! The company did not stand by their work and will just charge me again. Jockey around a cold attic is not a fun job unless you can have a complete new or used blower housing and new motor installed standing by.

[@7cats2]

You are my new best friend right now!!! Thank you so much for sharing this! I am also in Florida and also have a Trane unit and have been trying to figure out how to do this! I will have air again by this weekend 😊😊😊 Woo Hoo!!

[@GReviewz]

Glad I could help!

[@7cats2]

@@GReviewz You did... several people doubted I could do it because, goodness forbid, I'm a 55 year old woman (gasp!), but I did, and two months later, it's still purring quietly and working like a charm 😁 Gives me such a little boost of pride every time I hear it come on...thanks to finding your video! 😁

[@byrontaylor315]

Just replaced mine. When motors w/ built in board are $500. Only thing different was i thought it was the thermostat (junkie model and was pointed to as a possible cause, it wasn’t) i blew the thermostat fuse. They’re a couple bucks. Just buy it jic. Save a trip

[@jaxxboss1]

LOL< So many pssed off HVAC techs on here . Ive already got my back-up cpacitor and now will get a back up blower motor. As a matter of fact, Im a search all the back up stuff Ill need so that when my AC goes dead in the middle of summer(like RIGHT NOW), then I'll be ready. FYI, my AC "friend" still charged me 900 .

[@GReviewz]

Haha yup. I hear you.. I wasn't about to pay $1000 just to put a fan in.. he said it was some fancy multispeed motor... this one off Amazon worked perfect

[@artlovemusicpeace]

*1 thing goes wrong* hvac tech- "you need a brand new 12000 dollar system"

[@alfieribelli5468]

You don’t charge for the parts you charge for knowledge trust

[@jaxxboss1]

@@alfieribelli5468 You may charge for that, but thats your problem.

[@STO21NE]

That’ll be funny when you piss away money on parts and then have a compressor fail with no clue how to replace it and then you have no use for all those parts you bought because you’ll still have to call an actual tech and get a new unit 😂😂 Hvac techs don’t rip people off the way you think

[@aznibas]

Wooohooohoooo! to you too. Wonderful job. Mine one is running good since 2009. Will change as needed where I will use your teaching. Thanks.

[@Electro-nics]

I wished I watched this before i was out if AC for 4 days starting Monday and really didn't know what to do. The HVAC person ended up Charging me $800. Next time I'll definitely do it my self hopefully there is no next time thou. Good job!

[@rabbi6225]

“Wooohooohoooo!” 😂 Love it. Thanks for the vid.

[@fish2much12]

Most of these hvac companies charge you double the part cost plus 100 or more an hour. In my experience the ac work consists of not checking for leaks, just topping it off and charging you 500 to 800 everytime they come to top off your leaky system.

[@nellielee2915]

I had a company came out Friday telling me I need a motor and he said if it's not still under warranty it will be very expensive because that's a special kind of motor. Now my whole system is only 3 years old, I figure it should be still under warranty but because the company who installed it have messed over me because 3 days after it was installed my regular heat stop working and the owner kept saying he was going to fix it and never did, so I been running it on emergency heat every winter 😩so now I reached out to the company that came out Friday, and the guy said on Monday they will find out if my part is still under warranty, but I believe they going to lie so I dig up my warranty booklets and it says my parts have a 10yr warranty. I also looked it up, so tired of the dishonest companies. 🥺

[@jeanmatos6627]

Where is the capacitor?

[@tayallen7986]

Literally about to do the same thing In a couple days because a guy told me 1100$ I found my exact blower for 400$ including shipping

[@GReviewz]

Hopefully I could help you save some money!

[@tayallen7986]

@@GReviewz you definitely gave me the confidence to do my own

[@bighornmt]

I went whoooohoooo when they replaced my whole system 12 days ago!😀

[@albertraschiatore7618]

Just had that done to my air conditioner yesterday. The part was still under they said that part cost $900. Watched him do it. So next time it won't be under warranty. I will definitely fix that myself. It would have been $1,500 if I did not have warranty

[@corina0001]

I want to replace mine but the blower got stuck halfway the rail and didn't want to pull further more :) :(

[@evilgod5666]

Thanks for the video, going to go attempt this

[@sakethk4184]

My unit is under warranty and the Manufacturer doesnt let me colllect the part and they say they only handover to hvac licensed technician. Is there a way i can get the part ? Blower motor and wheel

[@acr8615]

I have a question for anyone. Is it best to pay a AC Company up front? I'm asking because this was told too me. I could understand for a portion payment but they are asking the full amount. The work will not be done until 4days, scheduled. They are putting a new unit in from my home warranty.

[@Killinza89]

I know this comment is old but never pay anyone completely up front. At a minimum half is what you should pay before work is done.

[@passionfruit897]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@johnpadgett8295]

Hey awesome job and diy I might have to do this to mine this summer

[@crand20033]

I can't use that motor. The wires come directly from the motor. There are no wire connector holes on the motor.

[@CookieManCookies]

Pretty much where we are at nowadays... hire the hvac guy for quote, then do the work yourself cause they're way way too expensive. This looks like maybe 1 hour of searching/research, and 2 hours maybe of replacement work. Also you don't need sandpaper.. just a lil bit o' penetrating oil.

[@ashrafsiddiquee3190]

Thanks for your time and making the video. How did you confirm the correct parts from Amazon ?? Is that any specific way to make sure you got the same correct parts ??? Please let me know. My lennox is very similar as yours. Just for the DIY knowledge purpose

[@GReviewz]

You just lookup the specific part number on Amazon. Like I grabbed the blower motor part number/serial number off the old one and typed it into Amazon. Just make sure all of the numbers on it are the same.

[@user-ty2uz4gb7v]

​@@GReviewzI'm about to do this same thing almost exactly like your motor, the problem is there are three stickers and each sticker has 10 different numbers so the diyer has to figure out which numbers to match up and which don't matter for part matching. What I have matched when I ordered mine is the same number that you read off plus the horsepower plus the RPM plus the voltage. There are still many more numbers on several stickers though. Hopefully I got the right one.

[@Godismyrefuge-h5g]

Mine is still under warranty but they still want to charge 600 dollars for labor.

[@ezyjack826]

replacing blower motor on my furnace. problem is it's an old unit (pre 1988) and they have updated the motor. the new motor has 4 wires plus the 2 capacitor wires and the original motor had 5 wires plus the 2 capacitor wires. the difference according to the motor tag is the original motor had two med speeds and the new motor only has one med speed. can I wire it up with one med speed? do I use med lo wire, med hi wire or both med to the new motor? ty for any assistance you can provide. 🙂

[@michaelfiscus7274]

So you put a universal motor in a seven year old unit which was probably still under warranty that you would of got the motor for free? Yes the OEM motors for these are pretty expensive there a ECM which means they have their own computer on the back of the motor. I see you posted this video 11 months ago I’d like to know if the motor still operational

[@GReviewz]

Motor is still working great that I installed :)

[@duriarte3190]

Most units 5 yrs warranty. Only certain models 10.

[@penguins8933]

@@duriarte3190 It's it's installed by a certified technician then it should be 10. They come 5 year year factory.

[@casmor08]

thank you for sharing.. what if the unit is still covered under warranty, do i contact the manufacture to send me the parts?

[@GReviewz]

Yes, you should be able to

[@TOMRYANLUKE]

well done man!!

[@fish2much12]

I had a "family friend" hvac guy quote me 930$ for a new blower wheel! He claims the Lennox wheel cost was 670$ after shipping... he wanted 930$ up front due to it being a non returnable part. The next day he tried to get in touch with my fiancée to pressure her for the payment or we would be waiting 7 to 10 business days. I told the crook off, and i didnt appreciate him tryi g to take advantage of a female like that. I found the replacement wheel for 160$. Supposedly this guy is a big Christian too. Im sure Jesus is proud of him.

[@ljjames7604]

Who did you contact to find out the new motor number corresponded with the old motor?

[@GReviewz]

Typed it into google, then it came up with this one.

[@overlandingfamily]

Thanks man!

[@kratos823]

Old motor was a 1050rpm, and the replacement I got in is 1075rpm. Is that okay or is that 25 extra rpms gonna be a problem? The old one was also a 5.4A and the new one is a 6.0A. Is that also gonna be a problem?

[@GReviewz]

Still runs great wirh no issues :)

[@kratos823]

@@GReviewz lol no I meant I replaced my own motor. Was asking if those specs would be ok for my own system.

[@joesloan1724]

I think there's a 10 year warranty.

[@reaperrt1019]

All the AC technicians in here mad AF. Suggestion… stop sitting in the attic for 2 hours not doing anything and still charge the homeowner. Got 2 different AC Guys from different companies on camera just sitting doing nothing and didn’t even replace the parts they said they did.

[@GReviewz]

It's not that hard to replace I'd you have Any wiring or handyman skills at all :)

[@reaperrt1019]

@@GReviewzand now we have your video to walk us through. Thank You for taking the time.

[@ckkendrick7861]

Ac guy going to charge me $2000, motor he said from carrier is like $1600? Cant be right

[@GReviewz]

No way, that motor I used is the most common one.. it's only $200 on Amazon.

[@michaelcostello9157]

i was quoted $1200 just for the carrier motor

[@toyotaracing5578]

@@michaelcostello9157 Yes, If it is an "ECM" motor it may very well be in that range. An ECM motor for my Trane Air handler is around 1200.00. You can get an aftermarket (no name brand) motor for around $650. Just went through this and found a "used" but good motor off ebay for about $200.

[@pewpew9040]

The technician xhange me 100$ for pointing out the motor is gone. I search kijiji 400$ got a 2022 made motor and installed by muself. 505$ is done.

[@kcsgservicesllc]

Good Job! LOL......

[@GReviewz]

Hey... I saved 💰

[@ydoic1111]

1000$ for a 25 min job wow

[@GReviewz]

Yup... exactly. Pretty insane right?

[@rafars2246]

Everything perfect, except for the position of the cables, that was beyond moronic. The cables have to be on the lower side so water moisture doesn't get into the connections. That motor will not last, or even worse will cause a short somewhere else.

[@kansascitychief4965]

You’re gonna encourage people to repair on their ACs themselves so they can potentially get hurt, do it wrong and/or void the warranty.

[@GReviewz]

Yup. Save lots of money 💰 🤑

[@michaelcostello9157]

mine was out of warranty and this repair is literally turn off the power, unscrew 8 screws, unplug two wires. Come on, most AC techs are NOT rocket scientists lol. They are usually upselling commission based semi-salesmen.

[@VanquishSoReal]

​@@michaelcostello9157until someone forgets to turn off the power, many experienced techs get injured or worse. It's not rocket science but there's always a risk.

[@knothead5217]

​@@VanquishSoReal If you're doing something like this and forget to turn off the power that's just nature weeding out the useless AKA natural selection

[@danielshambo8710]

Saving money is great, and 1200 is steep, but just make sure to let people know that the transformer on most blower motors (240/12v) can hurt you pretty good, or kill you if it’s off. They store charge so don’t touch it until your sure it isn’t energized, and make sure it’s plugged correctly, or you are going to spend a lot more money than the 1200 when the board is smoked.

[@eddieteabagify]

absolutley horrible. stop talking about it and just show us. show us how to do it. 6min of talking.

[@GReviewz]

I showed you... no problem.

[@jakbo_]

This is a great way to turn your air handler into a washing machine

[@GReviewz]

What?

[@joep4143]

I understand wanting to save money. You had a bad contractor. I would have charged you $300. That charge is for diagnostic, time to travel to supply house and labor. The unit is 7 years old you said. The motor is under warranty for 10 years through manufacturers. Not so smart now huh?

[@GReviewz]

No I still feel smart, I learned alot throughout this process and helped some other people save money.

[@joeburner7120]

@@GReviewz The motor would have been OEM and FREE. You are not doing yourself or others any favors when you spend over $300 when you can get it free. You do you. My opinion is it doesn’t make sense to spend $300 plus dollars for a motor that is a replacement. I would rather call an hvac company, pay them $150-300 for the labor and get a FREE OEM motor and keep my hands clean. Just saying.

[@markbeard2222]

@@joeburner7120 Did you not watch the video? He called and got bogus information from a "trained" HVAC person. How was he to know that the guy was full of you know what? Wait...let me guess...HE DIDN'T KNOW. Since it is not uncommon for "trained" HVAC people to feed you BS to sell you something that you have no idea whether you really need it. So what was he supposed to do, call another person out and pay them $300+ to potentially give him another BS diagnosis? No, he took the bull by the horns and took care of business himself. Props to him.

[@joeburner7120]

@@markbeard2222 He only knew he needed to replace the motor because someone gave him the RIGHT info. He was never charged $1200 for the job. He said that to make a video. You know fluff it to get people interested. So he ended paying someone $150 to diagnose the system, he then bought the motor online for $300. Most contractors would charge $600 for the x13 motor installed. And they back it with a warranty. Not that it’s rocket science but if he were to screw up his circuit board, he would be kicking himself. Also if it fails, he needs to pay for shipping both ways and wait a week. When a contractor installs it, they will be out with new motor, no extra costs during warranty. Even at $800, it’s not a rip off. Think. The contractor pays a bit more at supply house because of warranty (over the counter) The contractor will dedicate half the day to drive to job, diagnose, drive to supply house and back, spend time installing it, use his expensive motor tester to run diagnostics on it. They also need to pay for gas, insurance, tools, taxes, retirement benefits (like everyone else gets). So those costs have to passed on so they can make a reasonable living like everyone else. I believe you expect to make money at work also. I’m sure you wouldn’t spend hours and pay all work related expenses to make $15 an hour????? Short story long, do you complain when you pay $8 for breakfast when you can spend $1 in ingredients and cook at home. The dude that made this video exaggerated the story to make a KZbin video.

[@jonathanmoulton9251]

Bro a motor is like 150. Who cares if it’s under warranty a hvac will still scam you on labor. Dude did the right thing and cleaned his fan blades. Thanks for the vid.

[@timothysantiago425]

10:05 10:12 TESTING THE BLOWER WHEEL TO SEE IF IT IS CENTRAL

[@joebyron9]

good job u got 4 more to go, and ms jenkings says her unit still isn’t cooling 👍🏽🫡