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​Spring Clean Your Fans for More Cooling - January 2018

We have floor fans in our bedrooms as we don't have ceiling fans and in summer I don't like to run the air conditioning all night. so we use floor fans. Problem is that they gather a lot of dust, particularly as they are not used during the cooler weather, and as I don't want the fans blowing dust all through the house I had to either clean or replace them. Rather than throwing them out and buying new ones, which I was considering doing, I tried this first to see if I could remove the bulk of the dust. Take your fan/s outside and connect to power. Turn the fan on full speed and while the fan is going (but not oscillating) use a dry dustpan brush to dislodge and flick the dust off from around the frame of the fan. The fan will blow the dust away and it only takes about 5 minutes saving you from having to buy new ones!
Contributed by Sara Law