To wonder if it’s ok to leave the fan on all night

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Sweltering in our new build, the bedroom is an oven. Last summer we had the fan plugged in and on all night and I thought nothing more about it but since then I saw a post shared by the local fire service on social media saying it’s dangerous to plug in appliances overnight as is a fire risk

YABU - people have being doing this for years / mine is on as we speak / it’s fine

YANBU - knock it off and deal with the heat in some other way

We run ours over night. I just make sure the fan is cleaned weekly of any dust/pet hair that inevitably build up. A hoover is great for doing just that and a wipe over of the blades to sort any dust.

Yep mine is on all night most nights.

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We run our dishwasher overnight. It's 40% of the cost with off peak electricity than it costs us during the day.
As long as you have working fire alarms I don't see it as particularly more dangerous a fire risk than during the day... but then I am in a ground floor flat sleeping in the room next door and a surprisingly light sleeper after I had my kids!

Yea why not @rightioly? Don't many of not people do this?

If not all that should have read 🙄

Running your dishwasher at night comes with some caveats:

https://kitchensnitches.com/can-you-run-a-dishwasher-overnight/

When I lived in a hot climate and before I had AC, I kept a fan on all night and my cat had his own fan on him all night. Didn't have any problems.

An article pasting together random information, most of it 20 years out of date by a person with no formal qualifications in electronics, fire safety, appliance repairs or electrician or plumber

If you are running a portable fan all night long look at installing a ceiling one which you can adjust with a remote. Doing that has been a life saver for me from a comfort point of view.
Otherwise buy something with a decent motor in it so it reduces the risk of burning out and do as a PP mentioned about vaccuming the air inlet and cleaning the blades.

Only if you don't mind peeling your eyelids open in the morning. Though I think that's just me.

Mine is on all night as soon as the temperature reaches 20 degrees.

Any reason (other than the standard 'fire hazard' advice) for this?

An old friend of mine forgot to switch her dryer off before bed, and woke up in the night to their house engulfed in flames. They left the house with nothing but their bedtime clothes on. It was horrific, and the aftermath even more so. They lost everything- their house was literally a scorched shell. Obviously there is a recommendation to switch your tumble dryer off at bedtime/not go out when it's running. I am now paranoid to the point of obsession about switching it offcut!

A dryer is dry heat, so am assuming that is why it is such a fire hazard, but a dishwasher is full of water...wouldn't that make it less flammable? (I realise that this view of mine is likely really stupid. 😂)

I opened this thread thinking it would be about Korean fan death.

Our ceiling fans are on day and night almost every day of the year, as are probably all the other ceiling fans in Florida. Plus the air is on most days. This house has been fire-free for decades.

and the fan can tell the time difference? on 8 hours from 0700 to 1500 vs 2300 to 0700?? i call bs.
yes any appliance can get overheated but it has zero to do with nighttime (have smoke and fire detectors that are up to snuff) cuz your sleeping and may not smell the burning wires.

Couldn't sleep without one.

YABU

And the 'advice' is beyond ridiculous.

I've just turned on my dishwasher and am heading to bed.

Earlier, I came home and brought a load of laundry to the basement laundry facilities that are shared with my downstairs neighbour. The washing machine and dryer were both humming away. My neighbour wasn't home.

Should I stay home if I notice the dryer is on and she's left?

Should I stay up if she leaves the dryer on and goes to bed?

I have both my ceiling fan and a standing fan on all night and all day. I would spontaneous combust otherwise.
The washing machine also goes on overnight if I'm doing a hot wash which takes almost two hours.
To be fair, that's in the garage with the dryer.

Just to add to peoples worries, surge protectors should be replaced at about 2 years. Some say 3 years or a bit longer. The risk is they become ineffective. I only read about surge protectors a few weeks ago. One of mine was very old. Info is available if you Google the brand name etc..( maybe everyone knows that they age - become ineffective - and I was unaware.).

I know some meone whose washing machine flooded during the night. The carpets through their downstairs were all . sodden. The small chance of it happening to me is not going to stop me using it at night.

I also know someone whose dryer caught on fire when they weren’t home. Caused a lot of damage. I don’t leave thre dryer on at night or when I go out. I’d request your neighbour stop doing this. At least at night when you are sleeping.

i dont leave my phone on charge all night as it is bad for the battery
i do put my dishwasher on at night
and last night the fan was also on all night,

I'm in Australia - everyone has fans / air cons etc going all night. I've never heard of any fires breaking out overnight.

A dishwasher is full of water. That’s the trouble, water & electric don’t mix you don’t put a electric fire out with water