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GTX1564  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:59:34 PM(UTC)
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:confused:Just replaced the condenser fan motor with new one. Old one was running intermittently. Unplugged harness from old motor; removed 3 screws holding old motor, and removed it. No problem. Removed fan blades from old motor, and installed on new motor in same orientation as on old motor. Reinstalled new motor onto the three mounts. Connected wiring per instructions. Also connected ground wire. Used wire nuts to connect old and new wiring after stripping insulation. Plugged in refrigerator to test. Observed that new motor pulls air through condenser baffle toward the motor. It does not push the air through. Seems backwards to me, but I did not observe which way the air flowed on the old motor. Thinking the wiring might be polarized, I reversed the two wires. Same result. The fan is located on the left of the condenser baffle and air now flows right to left (toward fan). If I have it wrong, I'll now have to remove motor and reverse orientation of the fan blades? Which way should the air flow?
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Gene  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:17:16 PM(UTC)
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What is the part number of the new motor?

Gene.
GTX1564  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:41:07 PM(UTC)
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Part number is AP3120994 (833697). It just occurred to me that even if I flipped the fan blades that the air flow would not reverse. I must be OK on this with air flow from front to rear of the motor.:)
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#4 Posted : Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:55:47 PM(UTC)
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... I must be OK on this with air flow from front to rear of the motor...


You did everything right and must be OK.

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