On May 10, 11:42*am, "
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On May 10, 10:42*am, Harry K wrote:





On May 10, 6:59*am, bob haller wrote:

On May 10, 9:07*am, "
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On May 10, 8:44*am, TimR wrote:

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.

Which is obviously wrong. *Is it just psychological that it feels
cooler
when a breeze is blowing? * Of course not. *Moving air increases
evaporation from the body and takes more heat away, it's an actual
physical process.

And as someone else pointed out, using a motion sensor on them
isn't going to allow them to be used in a bedroom, when someone
is sleeping. *If it's an optional one that can be used or not used
depending on the application, then it's a good idea. *If it's another
ram it down or throats mandate from govt, then it's a bad idea.

Ny best friends family runs many fans 24/7 in the summer even when no
one is home to keep the house cool. No mtter how much he tries to
explain it his family insists that a vacant home with fans running is
cooler than no fans........

All the fans do is add more heat

I suggested he just get AC since it might be cheaper to operate...

It isn't what the thermometer says, it is what it "feels" like. *A bit
too warm in the house? *I turn on the furnace
*fan and am comfortable again. *Eventually, it gets warm enough that I
have to use the AC of course but that usually comes hours after I
started that fractional horse fan. *Yes, I know, you will deny that
that works and refuse to even try it out. *I have been there before
with yu doubting thomases.

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Count me as one of the doubters. With a ceiling fan you
get a cooling breeze, which is a direct effect. *It's blowing
right on you. * With a typical furnace
fan running you don't get a breeze, in fact that would be undesirable.
I guess if you had one area of the house that happened to be
significantly colder, then it might get you somewhere, but that
isn't the typical case......

As I said, doubters won't try it.

Yesterday with outside temp at 87 it got uncomfortable. Flipped on
the fan almost instant comfort. Of course you can explain that by the
ductwork running in basement and crawl space thus containing a fair
amount of cool air at the beginning. Does not explain why it was
still comfortable a couple hours latere.

Harry K