Product review (5 stars): Lucky Devils
The previous motor in the bathroom vent (NuTone model 9417DN) had developed quite a bit of noise. After a quick cleaning and evaluation it was fairly clear the fan/motor was going to need to be replaced. I was actually about to replace the entire vent, but that size/light combination will require a little more digging. Low and behold Amazon recommendations actually provided this replacement from my search history. I suppose the catalogue and recommendation service has to do something correct once every 10 years or so! Seriously, usually it recommends things I've bought or poked at briefly. Today the technological demons and imps were smiling upon me or frowning upside down. I'll take it. This motor/fant was a drop in replacement and took all of five minutes to perform the installation and test. After removing the old motor it was discovered there was some severe wobble in the failing part. This is quieter and should hopefully last just as long as the last one. In terms of air volume, I couldn't save if this is an improvement. It's for a smaller area and really doesn't have that much work to do. I can say it does seems to have passed the first sniff test.