NATE HVAC Exam Prep 14, Motors Capacitors and Starting Circuits

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Key operational differences between shaded-pole, PSC, and ECM motors tested on the NATE exam. - How to calculate resistance across common, run, and start terminals to identify compressor connections. - Operating principles of potential relays versus current relays, including back-EMF pickup and contact states. - Critical rules for capacitor replacement, microfarad sizing, voltage ratings, and dual-capacitor terminal wiring. - Safe capacitor discharge procedures using bleeder resistors and motor shaft rotation orientation standard. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep