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OwOarchist@pawb.social 4 hours agoIt can be beneficial when combined with some other (thermostat controlled) heating or cooling.
The fan circulates air in the room, making the temperature of the air in the room more uniform, and giving the heating/cooling device’s thermostat a better sense of the room’s actual temperature.
In a room with an air conditioner and a poorly placed thermostat, a fan could be helping the room stay cooler.
Thorry@feddit.org 3 hours ago
Running an air conditioner when nobody is in the room? Sounds like a true American tradition
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Air conditioners in the US are typically whole house and not room independent.
Thorry@feddit.org 3 hours ago
Then why would the fan impact the thermostat?
msfroh@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
I run a ceiling fan over my stairs while simultaneously running the air conditioning in order to help move the cold air upstairs. The thermostat is downstairs, which isn’t impacted by the hot sun hitting the roof. It may be pleasantly cool downstairs, while it’s still unpleasantly hot in the bedrooms. The fan helps to circulate the air between floors.
Obviously this has nothing to do with running a fan in a closed room. That’s generally silly.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Ceiling fans and air conditioners are two different things. I wasn’t who you were replying to, I’m just some nimrod American who responded to your comment about air conditioners.