SHR Series Heat Recovery Ventilator w/ Recirculation Defrost, 6" Side Ports (up to 3,600 Sq. Ft.)

Our mid-90's vanEE unit finally died, so I purchased this Fantech SHR-150R as a replacement and installed it myself with help from my wife. Shipping was really quick and everything arrived in good shape. Hanging and wiring of the unit was pretty straightforward, no issues encountered. Had to reconfigure the existing 6" ducting immediately around the unit (because the side vents were opposite those of the previous unit), which was VERY challenging, frustrating, and time consuming, but that is mentioned as a caution to other DIY'ers and is NOT intended as part of this rating. Paired this new unit with a Fantech EcoTouch IAQ main wall control and four (4) RTS2 20-minute timer override controls. Unit works as intended and seems to perform very adequately. As for why I docked it one star - whenever the unit is run at the max fan speed (called "NORMAL" by Fantech), the two fans inside the unit produce a whining noise (similar to a very muffled jet engine) that I consider excessive since it travels through the ducting to all the end registers. But at this highest fan speed, the unit moves LOTS of air, probably more than necessary for our 2,800 sq. ft. house, so the lower "REDUCED" speed is the one that is primarily used on a timing basis (20 minutes per hour). The ECO-Touch IAQ wall control is extremely flexible in controlling multiple fan speeds and therefore helps in controlling the sound level.

Ventilator works great. Went through 25 below zero temperatures and did not freeze. 90 day return policy at Supply House was a life saver. Returned two units, one shipping damage and the other was defective. No questions asked.

works good fan-tech really needs to work on the boxing got it damaged and the defrost door motor was unplugged. but i am thinking of getting one for the shop. they are that good!!

Easy installation if you replace the old one but you must buy wall control to see how is working is not come with, the on and off bottom for the power is inside? not outside?

Woks excellent good options

Well engineered from this architects point of view...installed in an hour and has been adding to my health for a month now. Have another Fantech HRV and would recommend that company.

I'm a non-smoker lung cancer survivor, so we tested radon levels in our new house. They were significantly elevated at over 6. We had a traditional mitigation system installed that sucked air from below the slab, and it dropped it below 2. That's normal but my wife wanted it as low as possible. We had a small crawl space under an add-on that wasn't addressed by the previous mitigation so I installed this unit. It was a breeze to install and it immediately dropped the radon levels to near ZERO. Now I have a man-cave in the basement with fresh air!

got the item only to find that the cover was bent in 4 places and there is no replacement from the factory. will not buy one of those again even though there is a warranty in place.

Supply house was great. Super fast shipping and they had every component I needed. Bought a home with exposed bedrock in the basement and radon just under the threshold sellers would have been required to mitigate. Remediation company gave us a reasonable quote to install one of these ($2200), but, being an ex-subcontactor, I did a lot of reading and did the install myself. It saved us $1200 and only took a couple hours. The unit came balanced and I just ran a single 6" intake to the opposite side of the basement from the outflow, which an anemometer (I know it's not a manometer, but I had it already) indicated didn't affect the balance. It's been running continuously on low for over a week and it's taken care of the majority of smell and condensation issues we had already. Being a fairly small basement this should be cycling the air volume every 90mins on low. I'll report back if I have any issues.

Excellent ventilator that I have used before. Would rate this a solid 5 stars, but my unit arrived with the paint on the door rubbed off in several places as a result of shipping. I have pictures, but was disappointed in the aesthetic condition of the unit which is visible in the particular location in which it is installed. This is a second unit, the first is 15 years old.