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I know fans cost less money when you have it on, but can you have 2 fans on, will it be more money to have it on at the same time? Will the fan be less money still if you have fan on all day? It’s going be SOOO HOT soon.

Kitty, one fan literally costs pennies a day to run. I actually have a meter and I measured it: it costs me 6 cents a day to run a 9-inch diameter fan for 24 hours continously. That's for electricity at 10 cents per kilowatt-hour.

At the moment, I have four six-inch fans on timers, so they run six hours and are off six hours, and there's always two of them running. They're all pointed at the ceiling, so they keep the air moving in summer or winter.

I also have two standing floor fans on timers at opposite ends of the house, working alternately for six hours on and six hours off. I just got out two great big floor standing box fans and put one across the house from the standing fan in my living room, and the other one in my bedroom. They're not on timers, I use them only during the hottest hours.

I have my AC set at 75F and actually feel cold if I sit close enough to any of the fans.

I have over 1500 square feet of living area. Using these fans lowers my total heating and cooling bill tremendously. And by turning them on and off, each one only works half a day, they don't run constantly. So I'm running six fans, each half a day, which is the same as running three fans all day. At 6 cents per fan per day? That's three fans, times six cents, times 32 days (my power company likes a 32 day billing cycle, who knows why) so 3x32x 0.06 = $5.76 a month. If you only use them when you are in a particular room, the cost will be much less than that, but you'll use the AC a bit more. If your electricity is more than 10 cents a kilowatt hour, let's say 12 cents? Then the cost is 12/10 times that $5.76, about $6.91.

Don't worry about all the math and detail, the bottom line is, you could have a fan going in every room where you live, all day and all night, and it will add very little to your electric bill. The big things that take electricity are the heat/AC, the fridge, the electric clothes dryer, and the kitchen stove (microwaves are a lot cheaper). Fans cost much much less.

You'll probably do best with an oscillating floor fan something like this:



I don't know if the stores near you will deliver one, though. You might need to ask someone to help you get it home. Also, they don't usually come pre-assembled. If that could be a problem for you, then a smaller oscillating fan might be easier to manage. Or an oscillating tower fan, as long as it is fully assembled when you buy it.






Good luck, Kitty. Fans are a great thing to have around in hot weather. They're so inexpensive to operate, and you can get very good ones for a very good price.

Stay cool!