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If the Ceiling Fan is on Slow Speed, Does it Consume Less Electricity?

07/12/2010 4:41 AM

If the ceiling fan is on slow speed, does it consume less electricity?

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Re: If the ceiling fan is on slow speed, does it consume less electricity?

07/12/2010 4:55 AM

Almost certainly yes. But it shouldn't be consuming much in the first place.
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Re: If the ceiling fan is on slow speed, does it consume less electricity?

07/12/2010 6:07 AM

hi dear!

the control switch of the ceiling fan represents a type of "Dimmer switches", in such switches when pressing the button no-1 for example;then the ceiling fan will turn at its slowest speed, because the button no-1 represents the biggest resistance inside the switch, therefore a little bit of amperage will pass through the switch ,which means the ceiling fan consumes less electricity. when pressing the button no-2, the resistance here will be smaller than the former, so the fan draws current higher than the former... and so on!

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Re: If the ceiling fan is on slow speed, does it consume less electricity?

07/12/2010 8:05 AM

There is a small correction the capacitor and inductior forms an oscillation circuit and vary the frequency to get appropriate speed. In olden days we used resistor control which dissipates heat and reduce current to control fan.

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Re: If the Ceiling Fan is on Slow Speed, Does it Consume Less Electricity?

07/12/2010 8:18 PM

When I replace a switch, I find a different wire for each speed, like there may be a different winding for each speed. I haven't seen caps and inductors in the fans I have.

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07/13/2010 11:33 AM

Next time watch capacitors in fan switch/regulator and fan itself is the inductior/induction motor.

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Re: If the Ceiling Fan is on Slow Speed, Does it Consume Less Electricity?

07/13/2010 12:00 AM

This is another duplicate ("dupe") thread that has been answered in the last week or so. Yes, the fan draws less power at lower speed (in proportion to speed3). Series resistors draw a bit of power, but not as much as the decrease in fan power.

Some folks just don't like the answers they receive the first time. It would be more interesting if they gave some sort of reason.

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