Furnace Blower Motor

10-13-2011, 02:11 PM	#1
Eddie King Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	Furnace Blower Motor We bought a new blower motor for our burned out motor on our old furnace. The Control Box has Black, white and red wires, then we have the capacitor and the motor has red, white, black, brown, brown stripe and blue wires. (six wires total, our old motor had five wires) What wires go where?

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10-13-2011, 02:16 PM	#2
JJboy Member     Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Austin - Texas Posts: 1,402	Furnace Blower Motor __________________ **Always kill the power ** Hot air rises, but heat will always move from higher to lower temperatures. ** Real man shoot in manual. ** If it ain't grounded, it ain't dead. Last edited by JJboy; 10-13-2011 at 02:55 PM.

10-13-2011, 02:25 PM	#3
Eddie King Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	Furnace Blower Motor we have six wires

10-13-2011, 02:25 PM	#4
Eddie King Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	Furnace Blower Motor we have six wires on the motor

10-13-2011, 02:28 PM	#5
JJboy Member     Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Austin - Texas Posts: 1,402	Furnace Blower Motor Quote: Originally Posted by Eddie King we have six wires You need Black - high speed, yellow or blue (med speed), white, brown, brown/white, green - ground __________________ **Always kill the power ** Hot air rises, but heat will always move from higher to lower temperatures. ** Real man shoot in manual. ** If it ain't grounded, it ain't dead.

10-13-2011, 02:35 PM	#6
Eddie King Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	Furnace Blower Motor what goes to the capacitor?

10-13-2011, 02:39 PM	#7
JJboy Member     Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Austin - Texas Posts: 1,402	Furnace Blower Motor Quote: Originally Posted by Eddie King what goes to the capacitor? brown, brown/white, __________________ **Always kill the power ** Hot air rises, but heat will always move from higher to lower temperatures. ** Real man shoot in manual. ** If it ain't grounded, it ain't dead.