Broan 509 Through-Wall Fan, 180 CFM 6.5 Sones, White Square Plastic Grille

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Broan 509 Through-Wall Fan, 180 CFM 6.5 Sones, White Square Plastic Grille

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Fan is extremely loud but after talking to a broan rep he stated a speed control would calm it down and not void the warranty. This fan moves a lot of air, much more than a typical bathroom exhaust. Comes with an electrical junction box attached that ... Read More

It does an excellent job keeping the temperature down and exhausting the moisture. Works good for what it is but when we really remodel the kitchen we'll replace with an over the stove hood exhaust.

It's loud enough to neutralize most bathroom sounds. It's a but louder than expected but it was listed at 4 sones so it was accurate. The noise level is rather high, but it isn't objectionable in terms of the sound quality.

Cons

Badly advertised, badly designed. If i can manage to get it reassembled - absolutely horrible 'design' for attaching (theoretically) the electric junction box to the unit. Current thinking is i'll be forced to resort to lots and lots of duct tape and/... Read More

The spring mechanism that closes the damper / flap to the outside has too much tension. The fan works but the knob to switch it on and off is cheap garbage. Broan needs to use heavier gage hinges, and they need to inspect the two hinges on each fan be... Read More

It's less than 2 feet from my stove burner. It has an oscillating noise that's annoying. It draws 6 amps (720 watts) or over 17 kwh/day - r u f'ing serious?

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Quality

Easy install good complete kit quality feels solid

Excellent powerful exhaust fan loud but clears room fast

The pool room is frequently wet when it rans the roof leaks and when the pool filter is backflushed i clean the pump strainer a... Read More

Do not get the variable switch that is recommended it doesn’t work

Price

These were a great deal from amazon though one of the units which i purchased had been returned and didnt have all of the mounting parts

Shipping

They were quick to answer my message and responded to my follow up quickly as well

A quick call to broan though and they were able to send just the missing parts with no hassle so i didnt have to return everyth... Read More

Had some parts missing from the box but they were shipped swiftly

Had to return and credit was issued the next day

Competitiveness

I replaced both of them at the same time using the same model

Overview

How are reviewers describing this item?
great, loud, good, easy and outside.

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This product had a total of 1,706 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 23 2024.