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5 Ways Ceiling Fan Can Save Energy |
Five ways a ceiling fan can save energy
Ceiling fans can definitely save you a lot of energy and
with energy saved you are sure to cut on your bills. This
would certainly go very well with the current financial
upheavals. According to research, the amount of energy saved
in the winter can actually go as high as fourty percent and
even in the summers, a good fan can still save you over ten
percent energy.
five ways how it works.
So then how do you ensure that your ceiling fans save you
maximum energy within your apartment?
Efficiency-
The higher the efficiency of the fan, the more it can
save on energy. This one though is well out of your control
once you have done the buying part. The advice is to look
for the best the next time you need one. Statistics show
that some of the HIGH-EFFICIENCY fans could save you more up
to fifty percent of the energy that would have been required
for a convectional ceiling fan.
Use ceiling fans alongside programmable thermostats-
Whenever you have to go to work, set the system so that
it automatically goes off shortly after you leave. If for
example you go to work at
8.00 am, the setting it to
go off at
8.05 am would make much
sense. The idea is not that you can't switch it off by
yourself, its because once in a while you are sure to leave
hurriedly and without an automated switch off, the bills go
up and up till you are back. The thermostats can also be
programmed so that they turn on automatically just shortly
before you are back.
Install the fan properly-
If you can't do it well on your own which is the likely case
if you are not an electrician, hire an installer. Whenever
these little things are involved, its easiest to mess. You
might as well end up loosing so much if you decide that your
incorrect installation is not the end of the world. The
device has how it should revolve during the winter
(clockwise) so that it directs warm air up and (counters
clockwise) in the summer to direct the cool air downwards.
For any one already struggling to understand these two
conditions, a qualified installer has to do the job for you.
When not in use, the fan should be off- that's a rule. If
you have the programmable thermostat its ok but if you don't
have one yet, you have to find a way of reminding yourself
to switch it off whenever it's not needed.
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