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will my bathroom exhaust fan help my central air run better?
should i leave my bathroom fan to help suck up the humidity are central air is trying to cool down the house but it keeps going up a degree. I have the celing fans on and the shades closed the thermstat is right across from the bathroom.
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Only use the exhaust after a hot bath or shower.
To help your A/C (and heat) work most efficiently, make certain that you replace your filter every few months, or even more often if you have indoor pets or a lot of activity in the home.
Also, make sure that you are not blocking air vents ( that's the vents with air coming OUT) or returns (that's the one that sucks air back in). You have to have a good circulation of air. Also, if you keep interior doors closed all the time, make sure there is a gap down at the floor (like big enough to stick your fingers under.) That also helps air movement.
- ken erestuLv 61 decade ago
The bathroom fan functions only to remove moist air from the enclosed area of the bathroom and will have no effect on your centrail air system. Keep the bathroom door closed during and after a shower, especially if the fan is on.
To make the A/C more efficient, try running your ceiling fans at high speed. This, in effect, will force the cooled air to circulate more in the home.
Good luck.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Unless you just took a steamy shower or bath, running the exhaust fan is not going to help. Once the humidity in the bathroom is the same as the rest of the house, running the exhaust fan only sucks out your cooled air. And if it is taking air out of your house, that means that outside (ie- "hot") air is being drawn in through cracks in other parts of your house to replace the vented air, making your AC actually work a little harder to cool the new air.
- kadisciplesLv 41 decade ago
I would run the bathroom fan only after showers/baths and keep the bathroom door closed. This way you'll vent the humidity out without effecting other areas of the house. Turn it off after the humidity is gone because you could suck cold air from the house out as well.
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- united9198Lv 71 decade ago
The bathroom puts a lot of moisture into the air. Your airconditioner runs hard trying to remove the moisture. The more moisture that you can vent to the outside of the house, the easier it will be for the air conditioner to take moisture out of your inside air.
- Nemo the geekLv 71 decade ago
I would try it and see if it helps. Doing this can improve air circulation. The only drawback is that it might take cool air and send it outside.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
no,
all you will be accomplishing is drawing out cool air.
the air needs to circulate back to the A-coil to condition the temp of the house,when you exhaust the air to the outside that doesn't help at all,except maybe air condition the outside yard.
- ivan dogLv 61 decade ago
good answer ....kadisciples
only .......should run exhaust fan ......during.....showers too
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