Re: [DML] Blower Motor Reversed??

["Dave Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

The "reverse the wires" comment was not very complete - I should have 
added the statement that "it is common for the wires to be hooked up 
backwards (by prior service people/owners) so they need to be 
switched back to make them correct." (this was in the original 
archive). I agree - if you make the fan housing the "hot" side there 
would be a bit of a hazard of accidentally grounding it at a later 
date. Fuses would blow. 

I'm curious about Dan's other method of correcting a blower that 
truly spins the wrong direction. 

Dave


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Danrc30" <Danrc30@xxxx> wrote:
> Reversing the wires is not recommended. I had the same problem as 
you, and
> DMC Joe explained to me that when the wires are reversed, the motor 
could
> cause a short circuit if anything metal touches it. It's unlikely 
that
> anything would, but it is possible... especially if you are doing 
something
> under there with a screwdriver.

> ---Dan
> 
> 
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Stephen Jarvis <jarvist@xxxx> wrote:
The
> > > problem had once been diagnosed as the fan running backwards, 
and I
> > finally
> > [snip]

> >
> > You can just reverse the wires. This was covered in several
> > discussions a couple of years ago (search the archives 
on "blower"),
> > but no one has mentioned it in a while. Apparently it's easy to 
hook
> > it up backwards, and it often happens (blame the prior owner). No
> > need to replace anything.
> >
> > Dave