NORTEK INC
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                                                     EXHIBIT 10.8


                     SPLIT DOLLAR AGREEMENT


     This  Split Dollar Agreement (the "Agreement") is  made  and

entered  into this 29th day of June, 1999 by and between  Nortek,

Inc., a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business

in  Providence, Rhode Island (the "Corporation"),  and  Almon  C.

Hall  (the  "Employee") (the Corporation  and  the  Employee  are

hereinafter referred to together as the "Parties").

                          WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Employee is employed by the Corporation as  its

Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer; and

     WHEREAS,  the Corporation desires to assist the Employee  in

funding  insurance  on the joint lives of the  Employee  and  his

wife, Suzanne M. Hall (the "Insureds"), the Corporation believing

that providing such assistance is in its best interests; and

     WHEREAS, the Employee is the owner of policy [policy  number

redacted]  (the  "Policy")  issued by  New  York  Life  Insurance

Company (the "Insurer") on the joint lives of the Insureds;

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the promises and

mutual  covenants  expressed herein by each of the  Parties,  the

Parties agree as follows:

     1.    The  Corporation  intends from time  to  time  to  pay

premiums   due  on  the  Policy.   Immediately  thereafter,   the

Corporation  may  require  payment  from  the  Employee  of   the

Employee's  share  (as  defined  below).   If  payment  from  the

Employee  is  not  so required, the

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Corporation shall  treat  its

payment  of  the Employee's share (as so defined)  as  additional

compensation  to  the  Employee.  The Employee's  share  of  each

premium shall be that portion of the premium that is equal to the

economic  benefit  which the Employee would  be  deemed  to  have

received and which would be taxable to him for federal income tax

purposes  under Revenue Rulings 64-328, 66-110 and any subsequent

rulings  or  regulations if the entire premium were paid  by  the

Corporation.

     2.    The  Employee  shall be the owner of the  Policy  and,

except  to the extent of the Corporation's Interest in the Policy

as provided herein, shall have and may exercise all the rights of

a policy owner.  Dividends shall not be applied to the payment of

premiums  unless  otherwise agreed by  the  Corporation  and  the

Employee.

     3.     The  Employee  hereby assigns to the Corporation  the

following limited ownership rights in the Policy:

     (a)  The  right to obtain one or more loans or advances
          on  the  Policy to the extent of the Corporation's
          Interest in the Policy, in each case only with the
          prior consent of the Employee.

     (b)  The  right  upon termination of this Agreement  to
          realize  against the cash value of the  Policy  or
          the  death proceeds payable under the terms of the
          Policy,  as  the  case may be,  the  Corporation's
          Interest  in  the  Policy.  For purposes  of  this
          subparagraph, the sale, surrender or  transfer  of
          ownership of the Policy by the Employee  shall  be
          deemed  a  termination  of  the  Agreement  unless
          consented   to  by  the  Corporation.    If   this
          Agreement terminates during the lifetime of either
          of  the  Insureds, the Corporation shall  have  no
          right  of recovery against the Employee in  excess
          of the then cash surrender value of the Policy.

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     4.    The  Corporation's "Interest" in the Policy as of  any

given  date  shall equal the sum of the Corporation's  cumulative

premiums  paid to the Insurer with respect to the Policy (whether

paid before or after the date of this agreement), reduced by  the

amount of any outstanding indebtedness on the Policy incurred for

the benefit of the Corporation.

     5.   If not sooner terminated by the mutual agreement of the

Parties,  this Agreement shall terminate upon the first to  occur

of any one of the following events:

     (a)  The total cessation of the business of the Corporation;

     (b)  The   bankruptcy,  insolvency  or  dissolution  of  the
          Corporation; or

     (c)  The death of the survivor of the Insureds.

Upon  termination, the rights of the Parties shall be as provided

herein.

     6.    To  secure  the  repayment to the Corporation  of  the

amounts due to it under the terms of this Agreement, the Employee

hereby assigns the Policy to the Corporation as collateral to the

full  extent  of the Corporation's Interest in the Policy.   This

collateral assignment of the Policy to the Corporation shall  not

be terminated, altered, amended, adversely affected or reduced in

any  way by the Employee, without the express written consent  of

the  Corporation.   The  Parties  hereto  agree  to  execute  any

additional  collateral assignment forms or documents required  by

the  Insurer,  or which may otherwise be necessary  to  implement

this Agreement.

     7.    The Parties agree that this is a private agreement  to

which  the Insurer is not a party and for which it can assume  no

responsibility and, therefore, a copy of the Agreement  need  not

be  filed with the Insurer.  The Insurer shall be fully protected

from  all liability under the Policy in

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dealing exclusively  with

the  owner of the Policy and in paying the proceeds of the Policy

in  accordance  with  the collateral assignment  and  beneficiary

designation provided to the Insurer.

     8.   If this Agreement is subject to the Employee Retirement

Income  Security  Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), it shall  constitute  an

employee  welfare benefit plan.  If required, the Vice  President

and  Treasurer  of  the Corporation is hereby designated  as  the

named  fiduciary  under this Agreement for ERISA  purposes.   The

Vice  President and Treasurer shall have discretionary  authority

to   control   and  manage  the  operation,  interpretation   and

administration  of  this Agreement and to  establish  any  claims

procedures required by ERISA.

     9.    Any of the provisions of this Agreement may be amended

or  altered, and such changes shall become effective when reduced

to writing and signed by both of the Parties.

     10.   This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to  the

benefit  of the Corporation, and its successors and assigns,  and

the Employee, and his successors and assigns.

     11.   Except  to  the extent that federal law applies,  this

Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,

the  laws of the State of Rhode Island.  However, if and  to  the

extent  that ERISA applies, ERISA shall pre-empt any  state  laws

(including  the  laws of the State of Rhode Island)  relating  to

this Agreement.

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     SIGNED  and SEALED in two original counterparts  as  of  the
date first above written.


                                   NORTEK, INC.


                                   By: /s/ Richard J. Harris
                                   Its:Vice President and Treasurer,
                                     duly authorized


                                    /s/ Almon C. Hall
                                    Almon C. Hall

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  Appendix (prepared by the Company for SEC filing purposes)
                               to
 Exhibit 10.8--Split Dollar Agreement dated as of June 29, 1999
                             between
                  the Company and Almon C. Hall


      The  life  insurance policy covered by  this  Split  Dollar
Agreement  (the  "Agreement")  currently  provides  for  a  death
benefit  of  $5,000,000 to be divided between the beneficiary  of
the policy and the Company pursuant to the Agreement.


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