Broan-NuTone, White 198 High Capacity Wall Heater, Painted Grille, 4000/2000 Watt 240 VAC, 2000/4000

8 reviews for Broan-NuTone, White 198 High Capacity Wall Heater, Painted Grille, 4000/2000 Watt 240 VAC, 2000/4000

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Pickles – November 27, 2013

   Does the job well, looks decent was easy enough to install. The fan delays take a bit of getting used to but it keeps the room a pretty constant temperature looking at my thermometer. The delay in the fan coming on is so it wont blow cold air but then the delay in the fan going off is so it blows till it cools down but then it is blowing cool air at the end, it should of had a shorter delay for turning off. But just sit out of the direct path of it or us a throw to keep the draft off.Update it just died due to a power outage. I think it was the thermostat because it was getting sticky about turning off once the room was hot but the power outage killed it. I tried resetting it but it still wont come back on. So it lasted almost 10 years so not too bad and it might even still work with the thermostat replaced actually.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Sea Crab – July 25, 2018

   11/25/2020 Update reviewWe are removing this heater as a high danger to fire now. The paint on the grill is flaking off and falling into heater which makes it smoke. This heater should have never been installedDANGER To your home and safety I would remove it if you bought one.Installed heater, and was again frustrated with the wiring access at bottom since we have our thermostat above it and wired the heater to it as a on off thermostat switch the wiring is smashed tightly behind heater since the max stud spacing is exact fit. No room on sides. But thats not my big issue,The fan motor bearings are loose so it rattles. i tightened fan house but it still has so much play in motor you can push n pull fan back and forth about 32nd of inch and when it runs it rattles. Broen is suppose to be better brand, hmmWe have it installed so it has to be used now but i think i will contact the manufacturer and seek a warrantee fan motor. Also if you have the amps go with the 4000 watt seems like the 3000 is a bit underwhelming.Will post updates on how it goes with rattle.SO be warned the electrical connection on this is at the bottom and typical wall heaters of this size are at the top so theres that… but it fits the older 24 spacing wall heater spot perfectly

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Return of Mel Street – November 12, 2019

   The first few times I used it after installation,it tripped its own reset after a few minutes.Youre supposed to have to remove the grill but I stuck a knifeblade in and pushed it back in.But finally it stayed reset.There’s a half wattage setting you can use by removing a jumper and having only one element instead of 2,but the one element requires 240v,so you have to leave both line circuits intact.I used 12/2 w ground to install,with an AC fused disconnect.On to the fan noise issue.When the fan is new it is quiet.But it grows louder in a month and sounds like it is about to fail.One problem is that the motor is too heavy not to be supported at both front and rear,so it only has 2 little nuts holding it to the rear and they must be TIGHT.There is nothing in the front and it wobbles about reverberating its woes to the entire assembly.Another issue is end play or runout.I did this:Remove power,remove knob,then grill,remove fan from motor by pulling it forward,it is a friction fit.Remove 4 screws at corners of unit being careful not to let it fall out of wall insert..I propped the unit up at the bottom,but it’s best to disconnect the wires(is power off?)and place on a bench.Remove the 2 mounting nuts from the fan motor,let the fan motor down to rest without pulling hard on the wires.Using a T15 torx bit remove the 2 motor thru bolts,then remove the front and rear bearing from the shaft,taking care not to lose the 2 tiny thrust washers on front and rear.Dab a little smidgin of automotive grease into the rear bearing with a toothpick to cushion the end play.Put a drop of light oil(remington gun oil?,sewing machine oil?)on each end of shaft and reassemble.When you get back to putting the motor into the unit,be sure the nuts are good and tight.When I got my heater back together it was nice and quiet again.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   eccgen – February 12, 2021

   I just bought one of these last November, and was unpleasantly surprised by it’s performance. Oh it heats fine, and mine pulls air in at the bottom and blows it out the top part of the louvers, downwards. It also then ends up pulling in already heated air to run through the heater again, which trips the overheat protector. I suspect a lot of the “it has a defective thermal overload protector” comments are actually “it has a defective basic design that causes it to suck in heated air which overheats the unit”. I was smelling hot paint, which had me curious, but the heater wouldn’t stay on more than 20 minutes before tripping the protector. Modify any heater at your own risk, but my modification should be fairly innocuous. I ended up bending the front grill upper (outflow) louvers about 90 degrees to divert the heated air upwards… this seems to have fixed the smell/tripping problem. It’s not heating the floor as well, but it’s keeping the room above 10 deg F exterior ambient temp much better. :). I understand their intent was to make a heater to warm smallish spaces in short bursts. it seems mostly a solidly designed heater internally – with possible fan reliability issues to be determined from other reviews. It is a bit loud but no worse than a floor fan would be.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   jw13 – December 29, 2021

   This furnace is in my shed portion of my external garage. The old unit was the same model (older version) . about 3 years ago I had to replace the thermostat but the last year or so the unit kept running. I broke down and bought a new one this year. It was an exact fit, just a new model version. It works great, back to the shed being kept at a warm temp during the winter. Hopefully this will last another 10-15 years

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Utah Pete – December 26, 2022

   This arrived with a scratched and dented grille/faceplate. But otherwise it is functional. I could return for a replacement but the contractor is ready to install it and I don’t want to wait. It’s BIG and will, I’m sure provide plenty of heat when needed for our basement bedroom suite.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   ruben alegre – June 1, 2023

   deberian rectificar ese problema ya que habia leido algunos comentarios pero cuando lo pruebas hace mucha ruido no lo recomiendo

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   david’s pic – August 20, 2023

   Was all excited to have this installed however electrician could not install, seems I needed some carpentry work done