SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                               
                         SCHEDULE 13G
           Under The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
                               
Amendment No.:                       Date:  December 31, 1993

Item 1(a)           Name of Issuer:  Nortek, Inc.

Item 1(b)            Address  of Issuer's Principal  Executive
               Offices:   50 Kennedy Plaza, Providence,  Rhode
               Island 02903

Item 2(a)      Name  of  Person  Filing:   Richard  J.  Harris
               individually  and  in connection  with  defined
               benefit plans of the Issuer.

Item 2(b)            Address of Principal Business Office  or,
               if  none,  Residence:   c/o  Nortek,  Inc.,  50
               Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903

Item 2(c)           Citizenship:  United States of America

Item 2(d)            Title  of  Class of Securities:   Special
               Common Stock, $1 par value

Item 2(e)           CUSIP Number:  656559 20 0

Item 3.             Type of Person:  Not applicable.

Item 4.        (a)     Amount   Beneficially   owned:    3,843
               individually,  and  46,263  held   by   certain
               defined benefit plans of the Issuer as to which
               beneficial ownership is disclaimed.  (Under the
               provisions of the trust agreement governing the
               defined  benefit plans, the Issuer may instruct
               the   trustee  regarding  the  acquisition  and
               disposition  of plan assets and the  voting  of
               securities held by the trust.)

               (b)   Percent  of  Class:  8.7% including  0.7%
               individually, and 8.0% held by defined  benefit
               plans  of  the  Issuer (as to which  beneficial
               ownership is disclaimed).

               (c)   Number of shares as to which such  person
               has:

                          (i)  sole power to vote or to direct
                    the vote 3,843.

                          (ii)  shared power to vote or direct
                    the   vote  46,263  (beneficial  ownership
                    disclaimed).

                         (iii)     sole power to dispose or to
                    direct the disposition of 3,843.

                          (iv)  shared power to dispose or  to
                    direct    the   disposition   of    46,263
                    (beneficial ownership disclaimed).

Item 5.              Ownership of Five Percent or  Less  of  a
               Class:  Not applicable.

Item 6.              Ownership  of More than Five  Percent  on
               Behalf of Another Person:
                              Not applicable.

Item 7.              Identification and Classification of  the
               Subsidiary  Which Acquired the  Security  Being
               Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
                              Not applicable.

Item 8.               Identification  and  Classification   of
               Members of the Group:
                              Not applicable.

Item 9.        Notice of Dissolution of Group:
                              Not applicable.

Item 10.       Certification.

                The  following certification shall be included
if the statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b):

      By  signing  below, I certify that to  the  best  of  my
knowledge  and  belief the securities referred to  above  were
acquired  in  the  ordinary course of business  and  were  not
acquired  for  the purpose of and do not have  the  effect  of
changing  or  influencing the control of the  issuer  of  such
securities and were not acquired in connection with  or  as  a
participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect;
provided that this certification is limited to shares held  by
the defined benefit plans (as to which beneficial ownership is
disclaimed).   The  filing  of this  statement  shall  not  be
construed  as an admission that the undersigned  is,  for  the
purposes  of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934, the beneficial owner of the securities held  by
the  defined benefit plans of the Issuer and covered  by  this
statement.

      After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and  belief, I certify that the information set forth in  this
statement is true, complete and correct.

February 1, 1994



/s/ Richard J. Harris
Signature


Richard J. Harris
Name/Title