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Thread: CARRIER BLOWER SPECS
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11-30-2004, 01:27 PM #1
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I need to know how many amps (max) an old furnace blower might pull.
I kept the blower from my 25 yr old carrier updraft gas furnace and now want to use it in my shop as an exhaust fan.
I want to order a 2 pole 4-way switch to control it, but have no clue - (and no way to measure) how many amps it draws at startup.
Wudn't be all that bad if nobody knows - then i could go buy that amp clamp i always wanted for my Fluke!
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11-30-2004, 01:45 PM #2
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Cant you just look at the rating label on the motor that you kept?
"If anybody can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?" - JP Morgan before pulling Tesla funding
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11-30-2004, 01:54 PM #3
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blower specs II
the housing ust has a clean spot where a label used to be - i stuk an inspection mirror inside the squirrel cage and didn't see anything on the motor itself
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11-30-2004, 02:08 PM #4
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What was the model of the furnace?
"If anybody can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?" - JP Morgan before pulling Tesla funding
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11-30-2004, 03:12 PM #5
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furnace model
we will never know - i replaced it with a high efficency unit about 5 years ago - well - maybethere is a way - i could poll the neighbors and see if any of them still have the orig unit - i hope not - i think it must have been about 50% efficient - our subdivision was built btwn 76-78 -
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12-01-2004, 03:55 PM #6
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the answer is....
9.6 amps
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