Broan-NuTone 665RP Heater, Fan, and Light Combo, 70 CFM, White

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This was delivered 2/25/20. I ordered this one because the picture depicted the old style fan and heater. When I opened the box and viewed the instructions I was stunned. This was the same model but with a completely different heater and the fan appeared to mount differently. I closed the box and left it lying for two months. I just knew I was going to have to climb into the attic to the furthest narrowest part to change out the mounting box. 4/25/20 I opened the box thinking could they have made the new style to fit the old box? THANK YOU BROAN-NUTONE. The heater and fan were indeed designed to fit the old box. The new fan had a shroud that my old unit did not have but it's designed to fit the old box and the shroud provided the mounting holes to fit the new fan. The new heater although an entire different configuration is designed to mount into the old box perfectly. The new light unit required me to ream the center screw hole slightly so the new screw would fit into the hole. Do not over drill the hole. The new screw needs to thread into that hole to securely mount the new light unit. Conclusion, My wife got a new bathroom heater/fan/light in her old box. She is thrilled.

The main problem with the install was getting all of the wires crammed back up in there. My old unit also had a night light, which this one does not. That means I had an extra wire. My install was for a basement bathroom/shower. It has the dropped ceilings (the panels are drywall).The previous unit, the heater and light worked, but not the fan did not, the unit had yellowed over time. I considered just fixing the fan part, but due to the low price and the old one was yellowed, I bought this new one which seems to be 99% the same. (brand, design, etc)This new one is slightly narrower than the old unit. On the back side by my wall, it doesn't quite cover the old hole in the ceiling tile.The door for the light is plastic on this one, the old one had glass. (it was heavy)Once installed, the fan seems to work well, it's not too loud, not quiet either though. The heater though, man, that thing makes some noise. The heat was just an added feature, I'll only use it in the winter, so I can deal with it for the price, plus it was a lot of work to install. I believe it took 3 hours to complete. I took my time, labeled all of the old wires first, took pictures. I had problems with the exhaust hose coming off once or twice, then I'd take it off start over. Again, from memory (installed Labor Day Weekend, 2 months ago) getting all of the wiring back up there was the major pain, plus the way my dropped ceiling is, little room to move it around, etc.

I had an old NuTone in my bathroom when I moved into the house and all of the sudden it seemed to stop working. Why did it stop working? more than likely because I ran the heater for a good 12 hours straight trying to thaw out some pipes under my bathroom floor. I had no clue how old it was, but it looked rather ancient so I decided to replace it! I didnt want to have to take the mounting box out of the ceiling as that would have required some drywall patching and painting. I found the model number on my old broken heater and it said 665RP. I ordered this one, hoping that it would fit but knowing that if it didnt, oah well, I will just do the drywall work. I removed the old broken heater/fan from my bathroom a few days before this one arrived. You should think of these as three piece units. Mounting Box / Heater / Fan. I just needed to replace the heater yet I knew my fan was just as old and may brake soon so I removed the Fan and the heater units. My new one arrived quickly and I took out all the parts and instructions. I wish i could tell you how old my broken unit was but this one fit right into my already installed mounting hardware! I simply screwed in the fan part then the heater part put the new cover on and was done! A Perfect replacement that was minimal work. I already had the wiring / mounting hardware in place so this took literally 10-15 minutes.

If you can put up with the noise of the exhaust fan this is a pretty solid fan and heater. I have a smaller bathroom but it is open to my wardrobe which shares the same dimensions as the bathroom. My old fan could not keep up with the steam coming from the shower and really didn't vent very well and I could feel the clothes closest to the bathroom getting a little damp. This one keeps everything but the shower bone dry and I am very pleased with the toastiness of the heater. I had my handyman install the unit so installation was not a problem, but it did take him longer than he expected to install.

I had same unit, but older model. It shorted out and burned up destroying entire unit. All parts on old one could be individually replaced, which I had 2 times prior to to heating unit failure, but no fire block between heating element and rest of unit. The new unit has the heating element isolated behind a sheet metal wall to try to avoid this issue. Negative issue is if heater, exhaust fan or light fails they are all permanently affixed and entire unit must be replaced rather than individual parts. Appears new design will prevent future fires however.

Many features package into a small space. Looks good. Works well. The vent is a little load but the trade off is it does the job efficiently. The newly redesigned heater also works well. My wife loves it.The install would have been a breeze it not for the wiring box. It's too small a space for six 12 gage wires ( 3 black, 3 white) to fit. I struggled with getting the cover in place for 20 minutes. Not an easy task working in the ceiling. Bottom line, very happy with this unit.