Fan V Air Conditioning.

[theblether]

One of my pals has gone back to the UK for a few weeks and has left his fan and a couple of other things in my room. It's not a thing I've had in my room before, I always use the AC.

I'm not anti-fan per se, I was in a pals bar on Saturday night watching and eventually celebrating the glorious British Lions victory over the former sporting power known as Australia. ( That was a shocking attempt at a penalty in the last minute ), anyway I was over-heating and his fans appear to be deliberately placed to cause the minimum cooling possible, so I got annoyed, jumped on my motorbike and went to Siam TV to buy a table fan so I could watch the second half of the match in peace. My pal was a bit astonished at said act but watch my concerned face. I've left the fan there for future visits.

Anyway, the other pal that's gone back to the UK for a few weeks had AC in his room but he obviously thought a fan was necessary for some reason unknown to me, so what are the relative benefits of using a fan rather than air conditioning?

It's a mystery to me.

[justben]

Fan becomes parasitic to the host organism and then, after a period of incubation may turn into a full blown Mia. By this time, the host organism is paralysed by the large amounts of toxins deposited within it throughout the life cycle of the 2 stage parasite and can no longer exist as it used to. Often times, all that remains is a mere shell of the innocent well intending creature it may had been before, controlled entirely by the adult parasite.

A/C remains A/C, but has drawbacks for smokers.

[theblether]

I wasn't expecting that answer.

[Pomthai]

I wasn't expecting that answer.

I don't think anyone was.

AC is the 1080p LED flat panel equivalent of cooling. A fan is the oval black and white 14inch CRT telly in a wooden box with coat hangar antenna - of cooling.

[MrRealDeal]

The benefits of a fan are that since you don't have AC to keep you cool it blows your smell down the road.

[yoslim]

Fan has lots of uses, I use it when it's nice sunny weather outside and I want to sit in my room with full open windows and fresh air or for an afternoon nap if the room is still cool from the nightly AC use.

Sometimes when the weather is cold it's not even needed to use AC, I rather have an open window and FAN. Also a fan is very useful if smoking is taking place in the room but I guess in chiang mai it's not very useful when outside air is already saturated with the smog

AC + Fan perfect mix imho, I actually have two fans in my room

[Scully]

AC dries my throat no matter what setting, when I leave the AC room I sweat twice as much as it's much harder to become acclimatised. Fans keep mozzies from sniffing you out and it saves electric.

[theblether]

All good points, it appears we are in the grip of a dengue epidemic in Chiang Mai, the fan might be useful in that regard. I do get fed up with the AC and try to use it as little as possible.

[rookball]

why did you bought another one when you could just on the ac?

[pattayadingo]

Why use AC when you can use a fan?

I think that using AC stops you adjusting to the heat too, to a degree.

Air con is OK in the bedroom when bonking to keep the perspiration levels down with two bodies heaving together. That is the only time we use the AC unit.

The house is realtively well shaded and the fan(s) circulates the air around keeping us cool enough except for the hottest days.

Also sitting in a room with the air con on, their is little or no air movement and still air feels odd to me these days. I like a breeze blowing around me.

[theblether]

why did you bought another one when you could just on the ac?

I didn't, it was left in my room by a TV member who has returned to the UK for a few weeks.

[David48]

As pointed out above ... the Thais use the Fan to disturb the mosquitoes.

At a restaurant, they are rarely used for cooling.

A house set-up is different though.

But if you want an interesting reaction ... talk to them about ceiling fans ...

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[nottocus]

AC gives me a sore throat and runny.

Although the fan is preferable, sometimes the temperature is so dammed hot that the AC has to go on.

[SeaVisionBurma]

Can't say I'm a fan of this topic being in general.

I'll coolly move it to Pub. it'll be a breeze to put it there.

[mickjn]

I like fans better than AC any day

[jpinx]

Fans to shift the mozzies - AC to cool the room. Or you could try one of those fancy air.conditioning fans that seem to put out water vapour -- but damned if I know how *that* works.

[theblether]

Can't say I'm a fan of this topic being in general.

I'll coolly move it to Pub. it'll be a breeze to put it there.

* Groan

That was shocking

[David48]

Can't say I'm a fan of this topic being in general.

I'll coolly move it to Pub. it'll be a breeze to put it there.

* Groan

That was shocking

Well blow me down and call me Scotty ...

Don't tell me he put the wind up you?

[pattayadingo]

What? The Blether blown out of General? Maybe his fan base is not what it was.

[StreetCowboy]

At home, I've not had the air conditioning on this year, nor last - except in the guest bedroom, which does not have a large ceiling fan, and which does not benefit to the same extent from a through draft.

The moving air cools you well enough, unless the air is too humid to evaporate sweat.

A fan is a lot cheaper to run than air conditning. And probably less maintenance as well

SC

[cooked]

We use the AC set at 29C. in combination with the fan, normally at the lowest setting. I think it isn't a question of fan or AC but of how to combine the two.

[NoshowJones]

Some of the guest houses in the Soi Buckoa and Soi Diana areas of Pattaya have both AC and fans. The ACs are set permanently to only give out a little cold air, then that forces the guests to use the fan also. Personally, I think it is one big con to save money.

[krisb]

Former sporting power! Former? Anyhow unions not real rugby.

That's the real topic here isn't it.

[StreetCowboy]

Former sporting power! Former? Anyhow unions not real rugby.

That's the real topic here isn't it.

Farbeit from me to digress onto a sidetrack, but you'll be as well to do all your singing before the world cup in England...

Oh, I forgot, the Kiwis are the holders, aren't they?

SC

[nottocus]

Former sporting power! Former? Anyhow unions not real rugby.

That's the real topic here isn't it.

Former it is. Jeez....even the cricket team is shit these days.

[misterphil]

Fans to shift the mozzies - AC to cool the room. Or you could try one of those fancy air.conditioning fans that seem to put out water vapour -- but damned if I know how *that* works.

Those are humidifiers, to stop the AC from drying out the air. I used to wake up with a very dry mouth and throat when the AC was on, googled it and went and purchased one. They work a treat but you need one with a big water tank. Mine would only last 5 hours then I would be woken by the machine screaming because it had ran dry. Damn thing only lasted 6 months so now its just a fan.

[Rob8891]

I am reliably informed that the Tv member in question was a cheap Charlie who objected to the cost of the the aircon and so bought a fan as it used less leccy.

Sent from the UK, (where I wish it was warm enough for aircon)...

PS... the noise of the darned a/c unit disturbed me at night too...