Does using the fan above the stove while cooking saves on A/C cost, or does it actually waste more energy?

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The first factor is whether the fan sends its exhaust outside, or if it filters it and releases it back into the kitchen - if it releases it back into the kitchen, there is no benefit. Otherwise, it might benefit you if the air above the stove is warmer than the air outside. If not; then you are not gaining anything except getting cooking steam out of the house.(which can still be a gain) .

The fan above the stove is really not meant for cooling. It is meant to clean the air of smoke and other particulate while cooking. Since the fan should really only be used while cooking, the length of time the fan runs probably is costing about $1 a year to run.

Some larger stoves today, (Viking, Wolf, Jenn Air, Miele, etc. ,) are considered professional stoves and require an exhaust fan installed according to home building code. The fan is supposed to be turned on about five minutes before you begin to cook to create an air flow around the stove.It should be turned off five minutes after you are finished. The exhaust fan on the stove has no correlation between the us of central A/C and the saving of money.

It almost always saves you energy. Any air that's hotter than the air outside air is better sent outside. That air will be replaced with fresh outside air, coming in through the combustion air intake that most houses and furnaces have, plus through any leaks in the house.

Any time you pump out hot, moist, greasy air and replace it with cooler air, you're coming out ahead. The only time you lose is if the outdoor air is much hotter and moister than the air you're exhausting out. The actual electricity used to run most vent fans is very small and can be ignored.

The answer depends on how hot & humid it is outside, the size of your fan and how many burners you're using for cooking. It is true that the fan will dump hot & humid air outside. As a result your house will be cooler and dryer, so you will use less electricity on A/C.

However, as air is being dumped outside, new ambient air is drawn inside. If you're living in a very hot place, than you gain nothing because you will waste energy to cool that air. More so, the overall cool feeling of your A/C is effected not only by its output air temperature, but also by the fact that it draws moisture out and makes the inside air dryer.

That makes you sweat less, resulting in a "cooler" feeling. If you live near the sea and the ambient air that you draw in is very moist, once again you gain nothing. The answer also depends how how big is your fan, and how many burners you're using.My answer would be - use the fan if you're using more than one burner.

Otherwise leave it off. You can find more useful idea regarding saving electricity on A/C here: best-money-saving-tips.com/energy-cost-r... html.

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