My dad keeps saying for me to turn off my bedroom and bathroom fan every hour or so because he says the motor will die.......haha i think this is comical but does he have a legit reason?
2007-09-07 11:29:02 · 12 answers · asked by Chris C 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No. Fans are continuous rated motors and will not die for a long long time. Starting them up is harder on them than running them. They will run up the electric bill a bit. About 5 to 10 dollars per month each to run them 24/7.
2007-09-07 14:32:52 · answer #1 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leaving your ceiling fans on is an excellent idea for the redistrubution of air. It may not keep the house cooler, but it will reduce the problem of having "layers" of air that are different temperatures. Ideally you want all the air in the house the same temp so that the thermostadt can make an accurate reading of the air temp. High quality fans are going to be quiter and more cost effective.
The bath fan is a different animal. It's purpose is to not mix the air, but to completely exhaust it. Moisture and smells are it's main target. You can leave this fan on all the time if the motor is rated for continuous operation. It should say on the inside if you remove the cover. It's going to be noisey unless it's a low sone fan (low noise). A sone rating of 1.5 or less is desirable. The cheap ones are around 7. If you don't mind the noise, keep it running. It's drawing fresh air from somwhere and that's good.
Good Luck
SM
2007-09-07 13:49:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most bathroom fans are continuous duty, meaning that they can be run 24/7.
If you have a huge fan it might be 40watts but most bathroom fans are around 15-20 watts. Unless you have a super high electric rate that will not cost you much.
In the winter it will cost you more by blowing warm indoor air outside and replacing it with cold outside air.
When I use the bathroom my wife really likes me to turn the fan on and leave it on for a while if you know what I mean.
2007-09-07 16:50:35 · answer #3 · answered by mike b 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bathroom exhaust fan is noisy but the ceiling fans, I have five in my home, I don't have central air, have been running forever. One in the kitchen helps to distribute the air, We have a boiler with radiator heat, no fans so, the ceiling fans are used for this. They keep the condensation off the windows in the winter and, they distribute the air in summer. We have five like I say, the kitchen fan has been on, except for cleaning, for eight years now. Our bedroom fan, the same.
I reverse them in the winter.
2007-09-07 23:47:23 · answer #4 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No-one has ever said that to me and my living room ceiling fan has been on continuously since the end of May! The only time it was turned off this year was while I was in hospital from 13th - 28 th August, and since I came home it has been on day and night! Last year my living room and bedroom fans were on 24 hours a day from the end of April until the beginning of October and they were OK .
2007-09-07 11:36:50 · answer #5 · answered by dozyllama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody told me that leaving the bathroom fan run uses up a lot of energy. But if that's the case, don't all fans in the house? I still run the fan in the living room but I never run the fan in the bathroom!
2007-09-07 11:33:24 · answer #6 · answered by P.Y.T.23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bathroom fan is vented. Therefore, you are paying for the elctricity to heat and cool your house. You are at the same time, paying for the electricity to run the fan to vent it into the great outdoors. Not real efficient. Whether or not it will burn up your fan or not is irrevelant. The cost of wasted electricity will FAR outweigh the cost of a new fan.
2007-09-07 17:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by Mozart495 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Running any fan for long or short periods will put wear & tear on it. Just that running it longer decreases it's life span. Other than saving electric, You should turn it off when you are not using the room.
2007-09-07 12:09:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fans are designed to run. Ceiling fans cost pennies to run and save a substantial amount of money in both air conditioning and heating. I run a ceiling fan constantly and to tell you the truth I can't remember the last time I turned it off.
2007-09-07 12:03:12 · answer #9 · answered by L C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will help remove excess moister from your house. In the winter our bathroom fan is on almost all the time.
2007-09-07 11:37:43 · answer #10 · answered by applecrisp 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋