Near the end of the extremely hot 2024 summer I could hear the bearings on my 20 year old outdoor unit A/C fan motor begining to make noise. I bought this because it was advertized as an "upgraded replacement". It did fit my 3 1/2 ton Rheem outdoor unit, and it seems to be working fine, we will have to put it through a Florida summer to know for sure. I would have given it 5 stars if it had fit exactly like the old motor, but there were three things that didn't match: 1. It has five wires coming out of the motor instead of three. You have to connect two of the wires together to get it to spin in the correct direction. There is an information sheet that tells you this, but I had to read it many times to understand that you have to look at it from the side the leads come out of (the side opposite the shaft) to understand the maufactuer's definition of counter-clockwise. 2. The motor was not drilled and trapped for the exact same mounting holes the original motor used. This means I had to remove and reverse the direction of the four bolts through the perimeter of the motor, and fortuneately, the original A/C grill cover did have holes needed in the right places. 3. The original motor had it's three wires feeding through a rubber seal in the body of the motor to keep out bugs and moisture. This motor was missing this seal, and had a fairly large square gap around where the bundle of five wires come out. I sealed this up as well as I could with black Permatex RTV cement, I think it's OK, but this was an extra step I wasn't counting on. If you buy this motor I'd reccommend buying some RTV cement also. They kindly threw in six sheet metal screws to replace the rusty ones holding the covers on the outdoor A/C unit. Thanks! I'll have to wait for summer to really test the motor, but in a quick cold weather test it seems to work fine. I would buy it again, but it would have great to have read a posting like this when I bought it.

perfect fit to put in place. thanks....

The motor was the perfect replacement for the worn out one in my ancient A/C. Unfortunately, the wiring diagram is unclear. It is clear on which two wires to tie together in order to make the motor run clockwise or counter clockwise and it shows three wires going to line. It does show two of those line wires going to the capacitor, but it fails to point out which wire connects to which terminal on the capacitor. The third wire shown going to line actually connects to the contactor, but the diagram doesn't say that. Thanks to a little research I installed and wired my motor correctly the first time and I am sharing exactly which wires go where so you dont have to guess. Note that I replaced a three wire fan so if your fan has more than three wires I suppose you are still into some guesswork.First, the Black wire from you new motor connects to the contactor so be sure to note which terminal on the contactor your old fan was connected to before removing it.You must determine if you need your fan to turn CCW or CW. If the shaft of you motor is pointed at the ground when installed and the fan turns CCW when looking down at it from the top then simply use a wire nut to connect the Yellow and Brown wires together. They dont connect to anything else. Just each other.(Before using a wire nut I simply clipped my two wires together first as a test. When it worked correctly only then did I clip the ends off and wire nut them together.)Once thats done you connect the Purple wire to the FAN terminal on your capacitor and the Orange wire to the C or Common terminal.After mounting the motor and attaching the fan blades you are done. Replace and screw down the covers, go in the house, turn your A/C on and enjoy the blessed cool air. Congratulations! You just repaired your A/C for $150 rather than paying someone else $600 who only reluctantly makes the repair after you refuse to spend $3,000 on the new system they insist you need. You've probably already replaced the capacitor before determining the motor was bad so you'll now have a functioning problem free A/C for years to come.Note: If you need your fan to turn clockwise instead of CCW then use a wire nut to connect the Purple and Yellow wires together and connect the Brown wire to the FAN terminal on your capacitor. Everything else is the same. Youre just swapping the Brown and Purple wires.Due to delivery issues I went six days without A/C. With outside temps of 105 every day the heat had penetrated everything in the house like walls, cupboards and furniture. It took six hours for my old A/C to bring the temperature down from 95 degrees to 80 degrees. This motor ran non stop for that time without a hiccup. Its already 105 outside right now but its 75 in my house. Its still June so this motor is in for a workout. So far so good. This is a five star motor, but it gets only four because of the vague wiring instructions.

This was not a direct replacement for what I was replacing and due to the pitch of the fan it was causing the motor to phase in and out.Ended up buying the correct 850rpm motor at an additional $200 expense.

Motor packed well. Clear and straightforward wiring diagram. Install required me to flip the bolts around so the nuts are at the bottom to attach to mounting bracket. I ended up wiring my previous 3 wire system to the 4 wire option as this option ran 10 lower amperage. My only concerns are as follows: 1). Motor does not include a grommet sealing the wires coming out the motor, allowing easy moisture entry that could short out the windings. I sealed it with silicone. 2). Motor runs hot.We will see if this is reliable as my current motor lasted 30yrs.

Exact fit

3 star for the wiring diagram. The wiring for turning direction diagram is incorrect.<br />3 star for the wires (too many wires) my old one has only 3 (2 + G) wires this one has six (5 + G).<br />I had to add a capacitor to make it work for my system.<br />4 star for the quality so far so good.

Perfect fit and works fine ; extra wires are no problem, making it work in numerous applications.