Broan S99080274 Bathroom Fan Motor

This motor turned out to be a suitable replacement for the motor in my old Broan S130-A bathroom fan. We bought the old one about 14 years ago and it recently stopped working. We couldn't find any replacement fans with similar dimensions and power (130 CFM) and since the bathroom is fairly large we really needed the high CFM and didn't want to cut a larger opening in the ceiling. I recommend you also buy the rubbery mounting vibration insulators that go between the motor and housing, although I used the old ones and they worked ok. You do have to be careful with the way you put those on because you have to line up with indentions in the housing and they have to go on a certain way -- look for little semicircular indentions on both the housing and the rubber things and line those up. Also, it is difficult to get the metal compression band back on the plastic fan after it goes back on the motor spindle. I used needle nose pliers "backwards" to spread the band open and my wife helped by pushing it down with a flat blade screwdriver onto the plastic fan. Although I used the old one, it wouldn't hurt a bit to buy one of those bands too -- I doubt they cost a lot and I could imagine one getting spread out too wide to do its job when putting it back on. Sorry, none of this is very easy to explain, but it will be obvious when you have it apart. There's probably a tool for opening bands like that that but I don't have one. I recommend you take pictures as you disassemble everything and that will help you get it all back the right way. You can replace this motor if you're reasonably handy with tools and such. I'd rate myself about average in doing that type of DIY project. One other thing to note: when you take the fan out of the ceiling, there's one screw (mine was the standard sheet metal silvery color and not black like the rest of the screws) that holds it in the main housing and the unit will drop down on you when you take it loose. Again, that will be obvious when you take it down, just be ready for it. And, turn off the power at the breaker box before working on any aspect of it. Good luck!

Expensive, but a very nice motor, easy to install and works great.

Even though it is made in China, there is no other motor to replace the original, as far as I could find.There is no discernible difference between them, so if you'd like to keep your original Broan which is not available for a change out, this is it.

We had an old Broan unit, and the fan motor finally refused to run. At first it would start very slowly, but it would start. Next you had to tease it by flipping the switch a few times. Finally it flat out died. We purchased this replacement motor and are quite satisfied. The installation was fairly easy, and the end result was a fan that operated like new. Some reviews complain that it is noisy, but we feel the noise level matches the original. To be fair, the newer units do have a much quieter fan motor. Our second bathroom has a new unit which is much quieter. But, then, I do expect a significant improvement over our nearly 50 year old unit that we just repaired! The house was built about 50 years ago, and the unit in which the motor was replaced has never been serviced until now. All is good!

Our 14 year old bathroom fan is a Nautilus/Broan (model NS130). For the last 2 years, we had to coax the fan along with by by poking it with a hanger (LOL!) or the motor would hummmm for 10 seconds or so before being able to turn the fan. (Yes, we kept the white plastic fan cover off just so we could access the fan for this purpose, and yes, it made for an ugly black hole in the bathroom ceiling!). It also made obnoxious loud vibration noises.Ha ha, my son recently came over and had the occasion to turn the fan on, and was appalled that we had been putting up with that for 2 years! He offered to buy a whole new fan, but we quickly discovered a new assembly wouldn't exactly fit in the hole in the ceiling. Luckily, I had saved the "owner's manual" from when it was originally installed. We were able to determine the exact part numbers which were needed, no guessing! We ordered this motor (S99080274) plus 2 rubber motor mounts (item 99100412) and the fan wheel (99110735). Probably could have been able to do without the new fan wheel and rubber mounts, but it only added a few more bucks to the cost of the project. Son took the fan housing down (only 1 screw holding the housing in place), swapped the old parts out with the new and had it back up and running in about a 1/2 hour. I will mention he used my hair dryer for about 30 seconds to heat up the old fan/motor pieces so he could pry them apart before removing from the housing. With that tip in mind, I think anyone could do this job once they had the right parts!!I'm hoping for another 10 years out of my "new" bathroom ceiling fan.UPDATE: for those commenters who note more noise, I wonder if replacing those rubber motor mountings (Part #99100412, and yes, you'll need two!) would have helped with vibration noise. At least for us, this new motor runs smooth and quiet.

Brand new and did not work.

I bought this Broan motor since I was nearly certain that it would fit my 20+ year old Broan bathroom fan. There appeared to be other cheaper aftermarket motors that could work, but I did not want to risk it. The hard part was getting the impeller off the motor shaft. It is pushed on and a metal band compresses down around a plastic shaft's shoulder. I used snap ring pliers to help get the band off. The price of this motor is probably the price of the entire new fan assembly, but it looked a lot easier to replace the just motor. I believe the old motor failed from the lack of use, so I run the new motor from time-to-time even if it is not necessary. Tip: keep all drains covered while doing this project. I have to fish a screw out of the toilet. The screws looked like special screws, replacing them would be difficult.

This did not exactly match the model number of the one I needed to replace (which was almost 20 years old), but it sure looked close, so I took a chance and it's perfect. Fit just right, and sounds great. Very pleased.