is it safe to keep an electric fan on all night?

[TimPhillips]

I’m a qualified and time-served electrician and during the last two weeks of gloriously hot weather, I’ve had my trusty desktop fan firmly placed on my bedside cabinet, pointing directly at my head all night long. It’s the only way I can stay cool enough to get a good night sleep.

To be honest, it’s not just over the past two weeks either. My bedroom fan is a permanent feature and it keeps me cool as I sleep on many a stuffy night.

So why is it, that when you google “Is it safe to keep an electric fan on all night?” the majority of results advise not to do it?...

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No idea. I grew up in the tropics and before we had airconditioning we used to leave fans on all night. I've lived to tell the tale, although I think in Britain everyone is conditioned to never sit in a draft because of the aches and pains it apparently causes.

It's part of a wider nanny state mentality too. This is a nation that is literally eating, drinking, and smoking itself to death while the state bears the cost of the consequences, yet this is virtually the only place on the planet where I am not allowed to have a hairdryer in the bathroom.

I did notice I got very dry gritty eyes from all night fan use, I've got a timer on mine but have forgotten to switch it off when leaving the house!

Lots of people in South Korea believe in fan death, is that what you mean? I always ignored them and like the previous poster, lived to tell the tale. Now my teenage ds falls asleep though, I sneak into his room and turn it off 'just in case'