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I'm a big fan of this commercial
Main Post: I'm a big fan of this commercial
Top Comment: Best commercial ever.
What is "AD fan" fuse? (20A) mine is blown - MX-5 Miata Forum
Main Post: What is "AD fan" fuse? (20A) mine is blown - MX-5 Miata Forum
Learned a lesson the hard way… HVAC fan uses A LOT of electricity!
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Hopefully this is a useless post and everyone already knew better than I did! Just want to share my stupid mistake so that people don’t end up spending more while trying to be frugal...
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We live in an area where 1kwh of electricity costs $0.43, and our area cools off rapidly after sunset. I know our central AC compressor uses about 3000w while on, so I was trying to save money by just running the HVAC fan overnight to help with ventilation (swapping out the warm air inside the house). I was dead wrong. Our electricity bill blew up last month! After some investigating, I found out that the HVAC fan itself uses about 500w!! So the more frugal approach would actually be running the AC for 30-45 minutes soon after dusk and let the system rest for the remainder of the night.
Top Comment: If your area cools off at night, you could look into getting a ‘whole house fan’ - a specially designed fan /ventilation system in your attic that’s installed in addition to your regular AC system. It’s not 500w, either. It will pull nighttime air into your house and get it all cooled down, without running the AC unit. In some cities / climates, it can replace like 80% of your AC usage.
High quality long lasting fan that will do me for years for the summer?
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How good can fans get, any recommendations for a high quality one, or anything simple to cool down a room I guess?
Top Comment: EDIT: This post suddenly seems to be getting a lot of attention from Googlers, so it has been clarified and updated with additional info. Fan collector here. Lots of experience. First of all, it's important to understand that a fan does not cool a room. All it does is move existing air from point A to point B. Depending on the temperature and relative humidity of the air versus your body, circulating the air can help to cool you. But if fans could cool a room, no one would need AC. That out of the way, and assuming you're in the US (you should specify country because offerings are very different around the world), fans are very hit or miss nowadays. Most of them are very cheaply made of course, and not many are truly BIFL like they used to be. If you insist on getting a new fan, you're basically choosing either power or noise level. Fans don't offer powerful airflow at a reasonable noise level anymore. In my experience, of the four major brands left most commonly found at an average big box store: Lasko tends to be louder but relatively powerful and the motors last the longest Honeywell and Kaz tends to be middle of the road, but the Honeywell Turbo fans tend to have motors whose bearings wear out and rattle pretty quickly GD Midea (mostly store brands like Mainstays, also Pelonis) tend to be quiet but weaker, except the 20" box fan, that's quite loud, also decent motors Vornado is pretty good but not what they used to be (they really cheapened out their motors in the last few years) but I've heard they have great warranties and customer service, and truly stand behind their products If you don't mind spending a little more money, there are still some very well made commercial-grade fans under manufacture. In particular the Air King, TPI, iLiving, Ken Brown, and some of Comfort Zone's high velocity series. If you go this route, look for ones with ball bearings or oil ports. The only downside to these is they're intended to move as much air as possible in situations where noise level is not a concern, so it may be too much for a residential use case. Now if you want an actual BIFL fan that's quiet and strong, you have no choice but to go vintage. A lot of people would assume an antique metal finger-chopper, but you may be surprised that one of the best fans you can get in general is a Sanyo (or anything made by Sanyo: Lasko, Galaxy, some Dayton, some Panasonic, some Sears) 12" or 16" oscillating fan from the 70s or 80s. I posted about these; here's what they look like . They have similar efficiency to modern fans, last decades without maintenance, and are relatively common and inexpensive still, not to mention freaking beautiful. Also the blades aren't exposed, so they're safer around children and pets. Finally, let's talk about maintenance, which is just as big a part of BIFL as the product itself. The most important thing you can do is keep the fan clean. When it's all dusty, especially if there's a line of dust/hair on the blade scoop, performance is impacted significantly. In addition, dust can clog up the motor, which restricts airflow over it, resulting in it running hotter than it should, which will reduce its life or even cause it to quit if the thermal fuse blows. A little compressed air goes a long way. The second most important thing is to oil them. The most common problems with fans, such as blades not spinning, spinning slower than they used to, rattling, or squealing, can be fixed by oiling the bearings. As a rule of thumb, blades should coast for at least 10 seconds after turning it off, and the bigger the fan, the longer it should coast. Oiling should be done regularly even if the fan isn't exhibiting any issues as a preventative maintenance. Use the best fix-it resource on the planet to your advantage, YouTube! For oil, you want SAE-20 non-detergent motor oil. In the US, that means 3-in-1 blue bottle, or Zoom Spout turbine oil. Stay cool!
Not a fan of Google Ads optimized targeting so far, anyone have any success yet?
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So far, I'm not a huge fan of optimized targeting. Higher CPAs and kind of blowing the budget.
Wondering, has anyone else had successful results with it so far?
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I’ve been using it with target cpa on video specifically and it’s been going well! Not much luck on display.
EA responds to fan backlash to in-game ads in UFC 4
Main Post: EA responds to fan backlash to in-game ads in UFC 4
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Shouldn’t have even been there in the first place, but at least they’ve removed them.
Facebook audience network FAN or Admob?
Main Post: Facebook audience network FAN or Admob?