Hi there,
My home has a natural gas heating furnace. The motor that is in the front of the furnace (that one that heats the gas and injects it into the furnace), that one is good. In the back where the filter is, below is the fan blower and that is connected with a pulley to an electrical motor, on top of the blower.
That motor don't seem to turn on anymore, when I put my hand on it, it feels really hot, but it is not even running. So because of this, the hot air circulation is very poor, we basically turn off the circuit off for the entire furnace, until we figure this motor out.
My question is about its replacement, can I use a like motor or does it have to be exactly the same, because it might not be made anymore.
It is a Franklin Electric, model # 4401030433, 115Volt, 1725 RPM, 1/3 HP motor that drives the blower to distribute the hot air.
Any advice is appreciated, the manufacture date stamped on this motor is F87, so maybe that means February 1987, maybe it burn out ? because we smell something too, kind birning woody smell, not sure, it started to happen recently ago, so just to be on the safe size, the whole thing is turned off, with summer coming, this is not going to be of great concern in the short term, but I have to get it fixed.
thanks for help!
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My home has a natural gas heating furnace. The motor that is in the front of the furnace (that one that heats the gas and injects it into the furnace), that one is good. In the back where the filter is, below is the fan blower and that is connected with a pulley to an electrical motor, on top of the blower.
That motor don't seem to turn on anymore, when I put my hand on it, it feels really hot, but it is not even running. So because of this, the hot air circulation is very poor, we basically turn off the circuit off for the entire furnace, until we figure this motor out.
My question is about its replacement, can I use a like motor or does it have to be exactly the same, because it might not be made anymore.
It is a Franklin Electric, model # 4401030433, 115Volt, 1725 RPM, 1/3 HP motor that drives the blower to distribute the hot air.
Any advice is appreciated, the manufacture date stamped on this motor is F87, so maybe that means February 1987, maybe it burn out ? because we smell something too, kind birning woody smell, not sure, it started to happen recently ago, so just to be on the safe size, the whole thing is turned off, with summer coming, this is not going to be of great concern in the short term, but I have to get it fixed.
thanks for help!
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