How Using Fans Will Save You Money
Using fans are a great way to save on the monthly electric bill, what many people don’t know is how much they will save personally. Simply, how much you will save when using a fan is directly proportional to how much less you use your air conditioner or heater because of the fan.
Using the fan only in the room you are in, as opposed to using a central heating system to heat the entire house will save cash in the long run. In the fall, a person could set their thermostat to 77 degrees, then use their fan, and feel like 70 degrees because air that is moving feels cooler than stagnant air.
Average yearly savings from using a space heater over a conventional heating system are over $1200. Average annual savings from using a fan over an air-conditioner are well over $600. There are many fans designed with power and circulation in mind for cooling air down, like the Vornado 783B-Circulator. Nowadays there are also heaters with the fan built in so there is no need for a separate circulator, one is the Vornado Touchstone 500.
A stationary ceiling fan can also be used to save hundreds per year. For instance, a ceiling fan could be used to bring down the hot air that has risen to the ceiling by flipping a switch at its base, causing the blades to rotate clockwise. This pulls cool air from the floor, and pushes it to the ceiling, pushing the warm air to the sides of the room, circulating the warm air in the room, and making you warmer for cheaper and saving the planet all at the same time.
Here are 10 ways to get the most out of your fan or heater while using the least amount of electricity:
1. Keep the back of your fan at least a few inches from the wall.
2. When heating a room with a high ceiling and no ceiling fan, aim your table fan straight upward to bring the warm air down.
3.Keep the fan or heater in the same room as yourself
4. If you want to be warmer, have your ceiling fan spin clockwise, and to cool down, counterclockwise.
5. Make sure nothing covers the front or back of your fan.
6. Always use your fan/heater automatic shutoff timer if it has one.
7. Using a fan with a heater will disperse heat in a room fast.
8. Use only the power level you need.
9. If you need to heat up a room, be sure the doors and windows are shut.
10. When cooling, putting an extra fan face out an open window will exhautst stale air and cool down faster.