I'll never forget I was a first year apprentice and the other guy I was with was searching for a refrigerant leak in a unit.Well being the genius I was I clipped a lead to a fan motor and got the shock of my life and he laughed so hard he cried.

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Posted by zbrous4

Gonzales via DeRidder

Member since Aug 2009

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Posted on 5/17/15 at 1:43 pm to wartiger2004

Thanks for all the safety help regarding discharging the capcitors.

Like I said, I try to do a good bit of research before I mess with anything with which I'm not familiar, and discharging the capacitors did come up several times so I figured I better do it.

Another question that has come up now that I've researched fan motors. I grabbed all of the specs off the current motor but im having trouble finding a replacement with all thesame exact specs. Are there specsthat can vary more than others and still operate?

I can find them with the same hp, rpm, and frame mounting, but the amperage on the replacement is .1-.2 lower (another option is .1 amp higher). I can also find the same rpm, amperage, and frame mounting but the hp is 1/5 where as my currnt one is 1/6.

Which would be more suitable?

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Posted by BigEdLSU

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Posted on 5/17/15 at 1:47 pm to wartiger2004

Don't feel bad, I was careless enough to cut a wire on a roof a few years back. 400 volts dc

Literally knocked me off my feet on the roof. Thank God I just so happened to be holding the ground wire, pretty sure I would have been toast without it.

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