Everyone needs a good portable fan. Fans cool us off during the heat of summer and provide a relaxing breeze on winter nights. Buying the right fan seems like an easy task but the key is getting a fan strong enough to handle your busy life. Luckily, Lakewood made the HV9 floor box fan. The HV9 has a chromed metal spoke style frame, long two pronged cord and four rubber feet on its tubular pivoting base. You can easily rotate the fan 360 degrees on its base to find the right angle for focusing its powerful breeze. Best of all, the all metal frame means you can drop or kick the fan with little worry about damaging it. I have owned three of these fans for about two years now. The fan is ideally suited for indoor use on a back porch or in the hallway of a house.
The fan provides a breeze that can be felt 25 feet away when set on high. The fan has little vibration when operating which translates into nearly no metal rattling sounds. The fan will tip over when placed against a large wall or similar blockage but you can always pivot the fan to achieve just the right angle if you should need to place it in such a position.
HV9 Power Consumption
I admit that I always thought my Lakewood HV9 was pulling a lot of costly power. Using my Kill-A-Watt Model P4400 meter, the fan’s power consumption in watts was as follows:
44 Watts on High
38 Watts on Medium
27 Watts on Low
The fan would need to stay on high setting for approximately 22 hours to consume one kilowatt of power. The average cost of one kilowatt in the United States is $.14
As a comparison to another similar fan on the market today, the Breeze Machine of same size, pulls a maximum of 37 watts and has far less output with a much louder sound.
Energy Saving Uses
During the summer months I keep an HV9 in the living room to keep the room cool without having to set the air conditioner lower. Keeping the air conditioner in any house higher can result in significant energy savings over the course of a year at trade of a little more than 1 kilowatt every 24 hours.
I also put the HV9 fan on small ledge in front of my
Frigidaire FAS156N1A Thru-Wall Window Air Conditioner to help push air through the unit. The Lakewood HV9 has a heavy tubular steel base that provides stability when placed in this position. I find the compressor cycles on few times per hour as a result, obviously saving energy as a result.
If you are looking for more ways to save energy and the environment at the same time read
The Essential Hybrid Car Handbook by Nick Yost
