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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
I think this is just an urban legend. The explanations on the Wiki page really dont make much sense. | ||
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pewpew
United States132 Posts
That an electric fan chops up all the oxygen particles in the air leaving none to breathe." I WISH I had a fan that powerful. | ||
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1tym
Korea (South)2425 Posts
This can only happen when you meet number of criteria. * You are severely intoxicated. * Your face is close the the fan. * You are an old man or have health issues such as asthma or heart related disease. * You have low body temperature that can lead to hypothermia. * The fan was on for at least 7 hours with maximum power. * You are really unlucky. If this theory was true that any person driving a convertible for number of hours at high speed must die as well. This myth originated from Korean police unable to identify a root cause for a couple that died in a sealed room with fan on with no noticable signs of death in the 70's. To avoid their incompetency they simply came up with this riciculous theory backing it up with one of the hypothesis from a scientist. | ||
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Aerox
Malaysia1213 Posts
On September 01 2008 17:22 pewpew wrote: "Beliefs: That an electric fan chops up all the oxygen particles in the air leaving none to breathe." I WISH I had a fan that powerful. I'm gonna use that excuse when people question me for fanning an accidental fire. | ||
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shimmy
Poland997 Posts
On September 01 2008 11:20 Ozarugold wrote: Time to call the Mythbusters! Also: On September 01 2008 12:35 nortydog wrote: ![[image loading]](http://bp1.blogger.com/_uzawKLIGw6k/R_aKyYeUhWI/AAAAAAAAAK4/JokqpXINw1w/s400/Electric_Fan.jpg) I'm gonna do it guys Hahaha. | ||
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1tym
Korea (South)2425 Posts
US climatology expert Dr. Laurence Kalkstein was in Seoul for a seminar on heat waves and explained the science of how fans kill: “In a majority of fan death cases, the victim is an elderly person over 70 years old who died in their sleep in an enclosed room with a fan running. Differing from what we know up to now, it’s not suffocation or hypothermia. He continued, “If a fan is run inside an enclosed room where the indoor temperature is high, the heat is concentrated on the person, so the body temperature actually rises,” further explaining that, “As fan air blows on exposed skin, the body becomes dehydrated, resulting in a heart attack or stroke and death from respiration difficulties. The US Environmental Protection Agency advises that windows and doors remain open to circulate air and not to use a fan for long periods in an enclosed room." You can read the whole content here. If you read the booklet, US EPA believes in it as well. Read P54. http://www.epa.gov/hiri/about/pdf/EHEguide_final.pdf Kalkstein is Research Professor at the University of Miami's Department of Geography and Regional Studies. | ||
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New Zealand6138 Posts
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BlackStar
Netherlands3029 Posts
One of the strangest things I have ever heard, haha. On September 01 2008 12:52 HumbleZealot wrote: This is utter bullshit, for the past few years I've always slept with my fan on when its hot and I keep it on throughout the night. I am amazed you think this proves it is bullshit. | ||
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Cham
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NeverTheEndlessWiz
Singapore827 Posts
On September 01 2008 17:46 1tym wrote: Hm.. interesting.. Apparently this is not only in Korea. But my guess was almost correct, you will have to meet number of criteria to end up dying from the fan. US climatology expert Dr. Laurence Kalkstein was in Seoul for a seminar on heat waves and explained the science of how fans kill: “In a majority of fan death cases, the victim is an elderly person over 70 years old who died in their sleep in an enclosed room with a fan running. Differing from what we know up to now, it’s not suffocation or hypothermia. He continued, “If a fan is run inside an enclosed room where the indoor temperature is high, the heat is concentrated on the person, so the body temperature actually rises,” further explaining that, “As fan air blows on exposed skin, the body becomes dehydrated, resulting in a heart attack or stroke and death from respiration difficulties. The US Environmental Protection Agency advises that windows and doors remain open to circulate air and not to use a fan for long periods in an enclosed room." You can read the whole content here. If you read the booklet, US EPA believes in it as well. Read P54. http://www.epa.gov/hiri/about/pdf/EHEguide_final.pdf Kalkstein is Research Professor at the University of Miami's Department of Geography and Regional Studies. I agree with you. Its comfortable and cooling to sleep with the fan on, but I think maybe there is a point when the fan can cause low humidity that can lead to dehydration. I encounter that personally when I work indoors too much, where the air circulation is controlled via the building. | ||
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besiger
Croatia2452 Posts
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dasanivan
United States532 Posts
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
On September 01 2008 17:31 1tym wrote: One of the million mythical beliefs in Asia. God I hate superstitions. This can only happen when you meet number of criteria. * You are severely intoxicated. * Your face is close the the fan. * You are an old man or have health issues such as asthma or heart related disease. * You have low body temperature that can lead to hypothermia. * The fan was on for at least 7 hours with maximum power. * You are really unlucky. * You submerge the powered-on fan into the bathtub with you. Fixed. | ||
Bill307
Canada9103 Posts
On September 01 2008 21:43 dasanivan wrote: It's probably as uncommon and inexplicable as spontaneous combustion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion#Possible_explanations | ||
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Thrill
2599 Posts
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
They say that the fan/AC will suck up the oxygen or something and I'll suffocate to death -_- | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
I'm actually loling at how sweaty and pissed at your dumb parents you must be. | ||
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d34gl3r
Korea (South)92 Posts
On September 02 2008 02:16 Equinox_kr wrote: No idea, my parents won't buy me a fan for my room no matter how fucking hot it is. They say that the fan/AC will suck up the oxygen or something and I'll suffocate to death -_- When I was in Korea my parents would always insist on keeping the windows open when we had the fan on >_> | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On September 01 2008 18:31 BlackStar wrote: wtf lol? One of the strangest things I have ever heard, haha. I am amazed you think this proves it is bullshit. well all I know is I've kept my fan on for like 3 months straight, and 90% of the time my window is closed I have occasionally gone to bed drunk during this timeline so if it was fatal, I think I would have felt something | ||
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