Carrier Furnace Inducer Motor Failure

The fan may not turn on because of a bad relay switch on the control board or damage to the transformer.

Carrier furnace inducer motor failure.

Your motor should move air through the furnace and heating vent pipes. A furnace inducer motor is essentially a motor driven fan with an electrical box for power connections and metal housing. Recently the motor seized shaft bearings were in poor shape scored. When starting your furnace if the inducer does not kick in it may be due to a problem with your thermostat that regulates the inducer motor.

The purpose of the motor is to move harmful gases including carbon monoxide out of your home through furnace vents or the chimney. Draft inducer motor failure. Added to ensure heating systems are able to comply with the most recent government mandated efficiency standards it is designed to facilitate the removal of gases and air from the furnace and out to the chimney. The original motor has 5 leads wires.

Carrier furnace motor replacement. The ao furnace motor i ordered as a replacement only has 4 leads black red yellow and blue. The wiring in the inducer motor or in the thermostat may at the root of the problem.