York Condenser Fan Motor Running Backwards

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York condenser fan motor running backwards. Condenser motor running backward. Ive heard a bad capasitor could cause this. I was checking out a unit that didn t seem to be keeping the office space cool and it didn t take long to realize that the outdoor fan motor was in fact running backwards. If it is a 3 phase induction motor you can reverse the rotation by switching any two of the three wires.

Second fan that i ve found this week running backwards capacitor is only three weeks old replaced during ac start up. Either one of them must be on the fan port and the other on the common port along with one wire from the condenser. A c or heat pump fan condenser unit diagnosis repair. Anyone know why this happens no one.

I told him in was probably just spinning backwards. There is a fin comb to help straighten the. He said no because its has voltage at motor plus it was pulling a amp draw. If it is single phase then the motor usually has a third wire that will reverse rotation.

To innovate to assure and most of all to deliver. Be careful running a condenser backwards may cause damage. Everything actually ran just cond fan backwards sent from my gm1915 using tapatalk. At york comfort is more than a feeling it s a promise.

I ran into a wired one maybe one of you can give me the why of this. Co woker called and said one condenser fan was running backwards on a 20 ton trane ac causeing unit to trip on high head.