How Many Watts of Electricity does a Large Oscillating Fan use?

Real power-use measurements from a large oscillating fan.

By Rob Cockerham |

How Much Power does a Large Oscillating Fan use

Large Oscillating Fan: 54 Watts

Description

  • This large fan is a motor which is attached to a spinning set of blades which look like a propeller. A complex mechanism transfers some of the motion to compel the fan back and forth in a horizontal motion.
  • two settings use 46 and 54 watts

Power Use

  • Watts: 54
  • Kilowatts: 0.054 Kw.

Operation Cost

  • cost per minute: 1 hundredths of one cent (0.01 ¢)
  • cost per hour: 65 hundredths of one cent (1¢)
  • cost per day: 5¢
  • cost per month: 99¢

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Power use of these items was actually tested. Individual items will vary, but these are the actual measurements.