Underskirt Blower motor replacement;
Horizontal Output
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Safety Warnings!
| Remove Power from the spa/hot tub BEFORE performing this
procedure. Failure to comply with this requirement, can lead to
electrical shock and/or electrocution! |
Disclaimer
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| The
instructions here are intended for general reference only. Many blowers
are different from the one depicted here, and may require more or less
mechanical effort or knowledge in order to achieve the desired
results. |
READ FIRST BEFORE YOU
CONTINUE
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This under-spa
skirt mounted Comet® blower
assembly needs the new motor shown on the right. It's a 1.5HP, 230 Volt
model. (To purchase this motor,
click
here.)
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With the new
motor, what I usually like to do is put a small amount of silicone adhesive on
the bottom of the fan housing, and re-attach the foam insulator. Next, on
the right, I've slipped over the rubber isolation ring onto the motor, aligning
the 4 screw holes.
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plastic ring over the motor, (on some this may be a round metal plate), which
secures the flow isolator onto the motor. |
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On the left, I'm simply installing the 5/16" screws into the
assembly. On the right, all are completed.
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| Fairly simple.
Re-installing the new assembly into the blower housing, aligning the housing
holes with the rubber flange. |
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First thing to do
is to re-install the ground wire to the frame of the blower motor. Once
that's done, it may be necessary to cut and strip the excess length of wiring
that comes with a new blower motor. Normally, I only need about 8 inches
or so to work with. Then, I prefer to use small wire nuts, then tape them
up so they don't spin off, and then use a couple of small nylon tie wrapes to
keep the tape from unravelling. You can see how I've done this in the
above right image, where I've used two yellow tie wraps to secure the taped up
wires.
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| With the wires properly
secured, I re-install the cover, taking care to make sure that the new wiring
is not going to contact the armature, and that there's very little excess wire
left in the assembly to bounce around. |
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| The last thing is to pull out
the cord to an appropriate length, to further prevent the interference of the
wiring with the motor, and then re-attaching the strain
relief. |
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| This blower is now
finished... |
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blowers and blower parts online, click here for
SpaPartsNet Blower Components. |
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