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Posted by ransley on May 29, 2008, 9:13 pm
> HeyBub wrote:
> > John Gilmer wrote:
>
> >>>Hubby is wrong. I do it all the time, and nothing has broken for
> >>>years. It's suggested to run the fan all the time during the heating
> >>>season, this eliminates the high and low temps when the system is
> >>>cycling on and off. Run
>
> >>Believe it or not, the circulation fan (if it's a standard 3-speed)
> >>uses a fair amount of electricity.
>
> >>When the heat is off but the fan is on you are blowing about unheated
> >>air. I just don't see how that helps anything.
>
> >>In the summer you definitely don't want to run the fan all the time. Whe=
n
> >>the compressor cuts off there is still a little water on the
> >>coils. =A0 If you keep the fan running, this water is evaporated and
> >>inceases the humidity of the living space.
>
> >>Summer or winter, the fan does consume some energy.
>
> > The blower is, what, 1/4HP? That's about 200 watts. Running for ten extr=
a
> > hours in a day is 2 kwh. At 15c per, that's thirty cents a day, $9.00 a
> > month. To keep the temperature relatively constant.
>
> > Plus, keeping the temperature constant via continued circulation doesn't=
> > make you think you're going through the hot flashes of menopause. Peace =
of
> > mind is worth something.
>
> In my house the basement is consistently cooler than the second floor.
> Keeping the fan running makes both more comfortable. =A0Certainly beats
> running the A/C cost wise. =A0I left the fan running when I left for work
> this AM and it was close to 80 degrees out when I got home. =A0The house
> was about 70 degrees inside, had the A/C set for 77 degrees, so
> obviously it never kicked on all day. =A0(I must admit that it was cool
> last night so the inside temp. was about 66-67 degrees when I left,
> because I'd had the windows open and a big window fan running to cool it
> off before I went to bed.)
>
> I'm sure that if I *hadn't* had the fan running it would have been at
> least 75 upstairs if not higher - I can say this because I didn't have
> the central A/C last year and just had a mercury thermostat with no fan
> switch, so I didn't have the option of leaving the fan running.
>
> nate
>
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Humid air even if cool is uncomfortable, a basement can add a big load
to the AC even if its cool because of its humidiy, but every house is
different.
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