How Much Does It Cost To Run A Ceiling Fan Per Hour & 24 Hours

Everyone across the world does not want to spend more amount on keeping the House cool during the summer season and they want to save their amount rates and do not want to spend on paying the electricity bill so ceiling fans are considered the cheapest option to cool your room during Summer. This article will guide you about the cost to run a ceiling fan, how to Calculate the cost to run a ceiling fan

Cost to run a ceiling fan

  • The typical cost to run a ceiling fan of 50 watts is $0.0066 per hour
  • The cost to run a ceiling fan for 24 hours is $0.16.
  • The cost to run a ceiling fan for a week is $1.11.
  • The cost to run a ceiling fan for a month is $4.75.
Cost to run a ceiling fan
Cost to run a ceiling fan

The cost to run a ceiling fan depends on the wattage and electricity price of that location which is being explained next. 

Calculating the cost to run a ceiling fan:

Cost to run a ceiling fan
Cost to run a ceiling fan

How many watts does a ceiling fan use? 

The amount of usage of electricity depends Upon only one factor which is the wattage. 

Let’s understand by taking an example, to know about the electricity consumed by the ceiling fan then first you have to check the wattage of the ceiling fan and most ceiling fan uses wattage less than 100W. below you can see the wattage used by different types of a ceiling fans:

There are 3 ways to know about the wattage used by the fan. 

  • You can check the label on the fan which includes the description of electricity details such as watts, amperage, and voltage.
  • You can check the manual where you will find the wattage of the fan among other specifications.
  • You can also Google by searching the model of the fan and get the answer about the weightage used by a specific fan. 

How much electricity is used by the fan? 

Calculate the electricity used by a ceiling fan by using this formula: Fan Electricity Use = Fan Wattage / 1000.

Diving the wattage by 1000 you get the answer in kilowatt-hours per hour. For example, if we want to calculate the electricity used by a 50 watts fan by using the above formula:

Electricity used= 50W/ 1000 =0.05 kWh per hour

The following tables show the electricity used by different wattages of fans. 

WattageElectricity consume
10W0.01 kWh per hour
20W0.02 kWh per hour
30W0.03 kWh per hour
40W0.04 kWh per hour
50W0.05 kWh per hour
60W0.06 kWh per hour
70W0.07 kWh per hour
80W0.08 kWh per hour
90W0.09 kWh per hour
100W0.1 kWh per hour

Hence after calculating how many watts and electricity are consumed by a ceiling fan you can easily calculate the cost to run a ceiling fan that is explained below. 

How much does it cost to run a ceiling fan? 

To calculate the cost to run a ceiling fan use the formula:

Running cost = electricity consumption * electricity price. 

For example, on average the electricity cost in the US is around $0.1319 and a fan of 50 watts uses 0.05 kWh of electricity in an hour than the cost to run a ceiling fan is:

Running cost = 0.05 kWh * 0.1319 per kWh = 0.0066 per hour

So now is it easy to calculate the cost to run a ceiling fan an hour, 24 hours, a week, and a month? 

Cost to run a ceiling fan per hour, 24 hours, week, and month.

Cost to run a ceiling fan
Cost to run a ceiling fan

The following table shows the cost to run a ceiling fan of different wattages:

Fan WattageCost Per HourCost Per DayCost Per WeekCost Per Month
10 Watts$0.0013 per hour$0.03 per day$0.22 per week$0.95 per month
20 Watts$0.0026 per hour$0.06 per day$0.44 per week$1.90 per month
30 Watts$0.0040 per hour$0.09 per day$0.66 per week$2.85 per month
40 Watts$0.0053 per hour$0.13 per day$0.89 per week$3.80 per month
50 Watts$0.0066 per hour$0.16 per day$1.11 per week$4.75 per month
60 Watts$0.0079 per hour$0.19 per day$1.33 per week$5.70 per month
70 Watts$0.0092 per hour$0.22 per day$1.55 per week$6.65 per month
80 Watts$0.0106 per hour$0.25 per day$1.77 per week$7.60 per month
90 Watts$0.0119 per hour$0.28 per day$1.99 per week$8.55 per month
100 Watts$0.0132 per hour$0.32 per day$2.22 per week$9.50 per month
150 Watts$0.0198 per hour$0.47 per day$3.32 per week$14.25 per month
200 Watts$0.0251 per hour$0.60 per day$4.21 per week$18.04 per month
250 Watts$0.0330 per hour$0.79 per day$5.54 per week$23.74 per month
300 Watts$0.0396 per hour$0.95 per day$6.65 per week$28.49 per month
350 Watts$0.0462 per hour$1.11 per day$7.76 per week$33.24 per month
400 Watts$0.0528 per hour$1.27 per day$8.86 per week$37.99 per month
450 Watts$0.0594 per hour$1.42 per day$9.97 per week$42.74 per month
500 Watts$0.0660 per hour$1.58 per day$11.08 per week$47.48 per month
600 Watts$0.0791 per hour$1.90 per day$13.30 per week$56.98 per month
700 Watts$0.0923 per hour$2.22 per day$15.51 per week$66.48 per month
800 Watts$0.1055 per hour$2.53 per day$17.73 per week$75.97 per month
900 Watts$0.1187 per hour$2.85 per day$19.94 per week$85.47 per month
1,000 Watts$0.1319 per hour$3.17 per day$22.16 per week$94.97 per month

Conclusion:

Using a ceiling fan is not as expensive as using an air conditioner. but the cost to run a ceiling fan depends on the wattage used by the fan and the electric price in that area so I highly recommend that if you have to save money then you should buy the fan by looking at the wattage used by the fan.

Rick Costa

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