Hello...I'm new here so hope I'm following the rules.
Hoping someone can help.
I have a York condensor...the entire system was installed in 1999 (yes...its old!) I'm trying to get a another year or 2 out of it since selling house soon and don't want to invest anymore in this house. The condensor fan died. Just to make sure it was that I used my multimeter and check the capacitor and it is working. Its a dual capacitor and the compressors works fine.
The motor is an A.O. Smith motor
Mod F48E15A48
Single speed
HP 1/4
RPM 850
Amps 1.3
Volts 208-230
It has 3 wires plus a ground
Red - can read...but I assume power
Black - (says common on the barely visible wiring diagram)
Brown - (says starter...or something like that..again...barely visible but I can make out "starter"
I'm having a hard time finding the exact motor. All I'm finding as replacements are 2 speed motors
The replacement I was sold is a "rescue" motor and has 6 wires
Red - low speed
Black - High speed
White - common
Brown - capacitor
Brown/White capacitor
Purple - (for reverse)
Orange - (for reverse)
Oragne - (for reverse)
I know what to do with the brown and brown/white...those go to a separate 2 prong capacitor that will need to be purchased specific to the motor.
I also know the function of the purple and oranges for reversing the motor.
My question is what should the hookup be?
Assuming I want the high speed which is 1025 RPMs (a little more then the original 850), I'm thinking it would be :
old Black to new white (which would be going to one side of the contactor?)
old Red to new Black (which would be going to the other side of the contactor?)
what do I do with the brown? That looks like it went to the old dual capacitor on the fan side. Do I just cap that off?
I assume I also just cap off the new Red on the new motor since I won't be using the low speed.
Would greatly appreciate some help.
Hoping someone can help.
I have a York condensor...the entire system was installed in 1999 (yes...its old!) I'm trying to get a another year or 2 out of it since selling house soon and don't want to invest anymore in this house. The condensor fan died. Just to make sure it was that I used my multimeter and check the capacitor and it is working. Its a dual capacitor and the compressors works fine.
The motor is an A.O. Smith motor
Mod F48E15A48
Single speed
HP 1/4
RPM 850
Amps 1.3
Volts 208-230
It has 3 wires plus a ground
Red - can read...but I assume power
Black - (says common on the barely visible wiring diagram)
Brown - (says starter...or something like that..again...barely visible but I can make out "starter"
I'm having a hard time finding the exact motor. All I'm finding as replacements are 2 speed motors
The replacement I was sold is a "rescue" motor and has 6 wires
Red - low speed
Black - High speed
White - common
Brown - capacitor
Brown/White capacitor
Purple - (for reverse)
Orange - (for reverse)
Oragne - (for reverse)
I know what to do with the brown and brown/white...those go to a separate 2 prong capacitor that will need to be purchased specific to the motor.
I also know the function of the purple and oranges for reversing the motor.
My question is what should the hookup be?
Assuming I want the high speed which is 1025 RPMs (a little more then the original 850), I'm thinking it would be :
old Black to new white (which would be going to one side of the contactor?)
old Red to new Black (which would be going to the other side of the contactor?)
what do I do with the brown? That looks like it went to the old dual capacitor on the fan side. Do I just cap that off?
I assume I also just cap off the new Red on the new motor since I won't be using the low speed.
Would greatly appreciate some help.
