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When we lived in Phoenix AZ, we kept the thermostat at 80 and ran the ceiling fans. When coming into the house from 110 F, it felt downright cool and comfortable.
Would like to understand exactly how ceiling fans prevent mold. I would think mold lives on humidity, and fans do nothing to remove water, so you would really want dehumidifiers and AC.
When not at home or even in the room, we always turned off the fans. They were actually heating up the room because the electric motor generates heat.
We leave them on a middle setting basically all of the time when the AC is on. We will turn them off if we're gone for an extended period such as vacation.
I forgot to shut off a fan a few months ago and upon returning after being gone for a couple of hours, I walked in to chaos. The fan had gone berserk, hanging precariously from the ceiling and spinning wildly. It was so out of control I couldn’t even catch the tangled pulls to turn it off and was afraid it was going to fall on my head and kill me, lol. Immediately called an electrician who asked me to text him a photo. He was nearby so came right over and said we narrowly avoided a catastrophe – the wires were still extremely hot and crackling. Lesson learned. I do not leave fans on anymore.
I forgot to shut off a fan a few months ago and upon returning after being gone for a couple of hours, I walked in to chaos. The fan had gone berserk, hanging precariously from the ceiling and spinning wildly. It was so out of control I couldn’t even catch the tangled pulls to turn it off and was afraid it was going to fall on my head and kill me, lol. Immediately called an electrician who asked me to text him a photo. He was nearby so came right over and said we narrowly avoided a catastrophe – the wires were still extremely hot and crackling. Lesson learned. I do not leave fans on anymore.
From your photo, it looks like a safety pin was left out when the fan was assembled. The mounting stem goes from ceiling canopy to mounting collar on fan housing, sometimes threaded in. A pin goes through mounting collar through stem and a cotter pin holds it in place. That looks to have been left out. Over time your fan slowly came loose on the threads or loose from the other screws on the mounting collar.
This could have happened while you were sitting in the room. Had nothing to do with being left on. You did nothing wrong.
I agree with a few earlier comments, I run don’t walk from a house I’m considering buying if there’s fans anywhere. Central HVAC should cool a house to 65 in any temperature if it’s properly sealed and the unit is high end, which for me is a must as I literally can’t think of a single thing more important in 1st world living than the ability to control indoor temperatures perfectly. Ceiling fans just move air around, they don’t improve the actual temperature. No thanks.
From your photo, it looks like a safety pin was left out when the fan was assembled. The mounting stem goes from ceiling canopy to mounting collar on fan housing, sometimes threaded in. A pin goes through mounting collar through stem and a cotter pin holds it in place. That looks to have been left out. Over time your fan slowly came loose on the threads or loose from the other screws on the mounting collar.
I agree with a few earlier comments, I run don’t walk from a house I’m considering buying if there’s fans anywhere. Central HVAC should cool a house to 65 in any temperature if it’s properly sealed and the unit is high end, which for me is a must as I literally can’t think of a single thing more important in 1st world living than the ability to control indoor temperatures perfectly. Ceiling fans just move air around, they don’t improve the actual temperature. No thanks.
I find that I can keep the thermostat set a couple of degrees higher with the ceiling fan running. This saves me money on AC. I keep my ceiling fans running 24/7 in the bedroom and living room, off in guest room I don't use, and the patio only when I am out there and the outside temp is high enough to need it.
We leave ceiling fans on most of the time. I've replaced ceiling fans after 15+ years to update; never had a motor burn out.
Our house was built in 1959 and all of the ceiling fans were installed by the original owner. We leave our fans running almost 24/7, and have only had to replace 2 of the 5 fans since we've been here (5 years). Considering they're over 50 years old, that's pretty good!
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Originally Posted by MsVulcan500
I find that I can keep the thermostat set a couple of degrees higher with the ceiling fan running. This saves me money on AC. I keep my ceiling fans running 24/7 in the bedroom and living room, off in guest room I don't use, and the patio only when I am out there and the outside temp is high enough to need it.
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I totally agree.
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