My air handler blower motor started "stuttering" last week. It's keeping the house cool but it will start up fine blowing air & then randomly stop for a second and start up again and stop for a second - sometimes a few times in a row & sometimes it stops for a longer period but never more than a second or two before it gets going again. .
There's no pattern to it - it's completely random & there are no "bad sounds" or smells...
Is this most likely the motor or could it be the fan relay? How do I test that?
I opened the air handler & it's horizontally mounted (mount is on the left) & it almost looks like I have to remove the heat pump element & electrical connections to get the squirrel cage out if I need to replace the motor - is there an easy way to get it out or does it just look more complicated than it is?
I'd like to figure this out before it stops completely & we're stuck with no AC in 100+ degree weather.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I believe it may be Lennox or Carrier (outside unit is a Lennox but the only tag I was able to find near the motor was the fan wheel which is a Carrier wheel)
There's no pattern to it - it's completely random & there are no "bad sounds" or smells...
Is this most likely the motor or could it be the fan relay? How do I test that?
I opened the air handler & it's horizontally mounted (mount is on the left) & it almost looks like I have to remove the heat pump element & electrical connections to get the squirrel cage out if I need to replace the motor - is there an easy way to get it out or does it just look more complicated than it is?
I'd like to figure this out before it stops completely & we're stuck with no AC in 100+ degree weather.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I believe it may be Lennox or Carrier (outside unit is a Lennox but the only tag I was able to find near the motor was the fan wheel which is a Carrier wheel)