"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 May 2013 05:44:46 -0700 (PDT), TimR
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On Friday, May 10, 2013 12:42:52 AM UTC-4, The Daring Dufas wrote:
The darn ceiling fan is supposed to equalize room temperature, it would

defeat the purpose to have it turn off. o_O



TDD

Do people here ever trim a post? Sigh. At least most are bottom posting.

I do not believe ceiling fans actually do anything except make people
think they're more comfortable when they're not. It's psychological. So
as long as they're running when you're in the room, that's fine. When
you're not in the room, the motor is just adding heat.

Do you use ceiling fans? They work, but IME you have to feel the air
on your skin. I've had a couple that were pretty useless because they
didn't push enough air. A good ceiling fan is often the difference
between comfortable and sweat running down your nose. When you have
good ones where needed you can knock about 5 degrees off your HVAC
setting.
Big savings.

5 degrees sounds like a lot and I'll guess that humidity will make a
difference in the A/C setting too. Anyone else have an estimate?

I'd like to get some idea of fans vs. A/C settings to see if I might save
energy this summer by installing a fan rather than using the A/C so much.

Tomsic