Old Bathroom E/Fan

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I'm trying to find a replacement for an old exhaust fan made by Pryne & Co they were located in Pomona California at least 40 years ago or more. Maybe any of you guys know any website or any info where I could get any cross reference. We dont want to break any plaster to replace whole thing. Any help is really appreciated.Thanks
 
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mtnelectrical said:
I'm trying to find a replacement for an old exhaust fan made by Pryne & Co they were located in Pomona California at least 40 years ago or more. Maybe any of you guys know any website or any info where I could get any cross reference. We dont want to break any plaster to replace whole thing. Any help is really appreciated.Thanks
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I would give W.W.Grainger.com a try first, they have many cross references.
 
yes motor can be replaced, I went to my distribuitor it seems motor is replaceable by a Nutone motor but it looks we need to be sure for rotation and according to fan, it needs to be counter clockwise and Nutone is Clockwise.
 
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celtic said:
Wouldn't the rotation be dependant of the blades orientation?
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Not necessarily. The typical bath fan uses a radial propeller; the housing shape determines which way it should spin. As for the motor itself, the shading coils determine the rotation.

mtnelectrical said:
. . . motor is replaceable by a Nutone motor but it looks we need to be sure for rotation and according to fan, it needs to be counter clockwise and Nutone is Clockwise.
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Mountain, I have disassembled a shaded-pole motor for the purpose of flipping the coil/pole-piece assembly, which reverses the motor direction. The bearing caps almost always fit either way.
 
mtnelectrical said:
I'm trying to find a replacement for an old exhaust fan made by Pryne & Co they were located in Pomona California at least 40 years ago or more. Maybe any of you guys know any website or any info where I could get any cross reference. We dont want to break any plaster to replace whole thing. Any help is really appreciated.Thanks
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I did a little search on the web and it appears that there is an emerson/pyrne co. I would try and contact emerson but I would bet you'll need to change the fan out. 40 years-no way-I'll bet my wife's life on it
 
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