Desk fan and its electricity usage.

[lanie]

I was gonna get one of them little desk fans to create some 'white noise' (noisy semi-detached). Looked at one that is 2kw. Does that mean it uses 2kw of electricity per hour? Read somewhere that fans can be sore on the electricity bill.

 

[ClubMan]

Re: fan

I was gonna get one of them little desk fans to create some 'white noise' (noisy semi-detached).

Eh? Why do you want to increase the noise level in an already noisy house? Why?! And I don't think that you can get white noise emitting fans.

Looked at one that is 2kw. Does that mean it uses 2kw of electricity per hour?

If they are rated 2kW and are running full pelt at that level then they will use 2 units of electricity per hour. Are you sure that this is not a fan heater? 2kW for just a cooling fan seems excessive.

 

[lanie]

white noise as in noise that can take my mind of next doors'. Have read about alot of people doing it who have noisy neighbours.
Yeah I think it read 2kw under the heating fan. What about those cooling desk top fans. How much kw do they use.
Thanks in advance

 

[eileen alana]

white noise?

 

[ClubMan]

white noise as in noise that can take my mind of next doors'.

Your neighbours must be really bad for you to prefer listening to white noise!? Or else you don't really understand what white noise actually is. For example one application of white noise is to disorientate prisoners undergoing torture and interrogation!

Yeah I think it read 2kw under the heating fan.

2kW certainly sounds more like a heating/air conditioning unit than a regular desk fan.

What about those cooling desk top fans. How much kw do they use.

Very little I would imagine. They don't generate much noise either in my experience.

 

[lanie]

Are you kept awake at night by noisy neighbours? A white noise machine can help by blocking out their noise. Instead of shouting or music, you just hear a gentle sound similar to that made by a fan. A Marpac white noise machine is a must for apartment living. http://www.whitenoisemachine.co.uk/

It's this type of thing.

 

[Gautama]

Are you kept awake at night by noisy neighbours? A white noise machine can help by blocking out their noise. Instead of shouting or music, you just hear a gentle sound similar to that made by a fan. A Marpac white noise machine is a must for apartment living. http://www.whitenoisemachine.co.uk/

It's this type of thing.

If you want to create white noise, why not buy a white noise machine rather than an office desk fan?

 

[extopia]

I have to say I prefer pink noise myself.

 

[quinno]

Or this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_song

Failing that, maybe ask your neighbours to keep the noise down (nicely iof course )