Just happened upon this page talking about noisy bathroom fans. Supposedly not a problem anymore because you can get really quiet fans (about 0.3 to 0.4 sones) and retrofit kits for older fans.
My experience was not so wonderful. I had a hard enough time getting a motor, any motor, that would work in my master bath. Broan/Nutone has no replacement for my model. They were called by the motor repair guy, and that's what they said. The motor repair people got me a similar motor made by someone else. Unfortunately, that similar motor seems a tad more powerful and noisy as hell. Sometimes it sounds like it's going to tear up the little fan box. I'm afraid to run it.
It's funny if Broan/Nutone has no replacement motor, as they still sell a very similar light and fan combination unit. I tried the motor in the new combination unit (which I also bought, beforehand) and it is acceptibly quiet, an extreme difference from the new noisy-as-hell motor.
I'm thinking I'm going to try the new motor (from the new unit) in the old fan box. When I get around to it.
My experience was not so wonderful. I had a hard enough time getting a motor, any motor, that would work in my master bath. Broan/Nutone has no replacement for my model. They were called by the motor repair guy, and that's what they said. The motor repair people got me a similar motor made by someone else. Unfortunately, that similar motor seems a tad more powerful and noisy as hell. Sometimes it sounds like it's going to tear up the little fan box. I'm afraid to run it.
It's funny if Broan/Nutone has no replacement motor, as they still sell a very similar light and fan combination unit. I tried the motor in the new combination unit (which I also bought, beforehand) and it is acceptibly quiet, an extreme difference from the new noisy-as-hell motor.
I'm thinking I'm going to try the new motor (from the new unit) in the old fan box. When I get around to it.
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