I have a 13 year old Bryant Heat Pump with the compressor outside on the ground and the air handler in the garage. Its been a reliable unit so far and was wondering if I should replace the compressor fan motor since it gets well over 100 degrees here in the summer months. The old one is working fine buts its 13 years old and I was wondering if some preventative maintenance would be a good idea here.
If you wanted to do something, I would order the OEM motor and have it handy should you need it. OEM motors always last longer and if it goes bad a tech will in most cases use a generic motor. But still no reason to do this, if you have a fan motor and the compressor goes then you are stuck with the fan motor, So I would just stick to make sure it is serviced once or twice a year if you want to spend some money.
Do I have the first one to tell you Don't fix it if ain't broke? If you are having responsible yearly service done on this system and you change the filter religiously, you got nothing to worry about
