BLOWER

MOTOR
CONTROL
 What is blower motor
control?

• Blower motors are used to move

air. The air is directed by the
doors of the HVAC (Heating,
Ventilation, and Air Conditioning)
system.
• Most blower motors use
resistor to control speed of
the motor by dropping
amount of current flow
through the motor at the
lower speed. The resistor
lowers voltage and curremt to
the motor.
• the control allows full
system voltage to be
applied to the motor during
high- speed operation. The
blower motor resistor is
always located in the
plenum near the blower
motor so that airflow past
the resistor can help keep
cool.
• A typicaly blower motor
assembly with attached squirrel
cage blower. A replacement
motor does not include the
squirrel cage blower so it
needs to be switched to the
replacement.