{"id":170291,"date":"2024-11-07T21:11:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/are-fans-safe-in-extreme-heat-new-studies-challenge-limits\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T21:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:11:14","slug":"are-fans-safe-in-extreme-heat-new-studies-challenge-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/are-fans-safe-in-extreme-heat-new-studies-challenge-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Are fans safe in extreme heat? New studies challenge limits."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/i.gadgets360cdn.com\/large\/7-nov_artical_6_full_img_1730974247354.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Are fans safe in extreme heat? New studies challenge limits.\" title=\"Are fans safe in extreme heat? New studies challenge limits.\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<br \/>With extreme heat on the rise, experts disagree on safe temperature limits for fan use. The CDC advises against using fans over 32.2\u00b0C, citing risks in high temperatures. However, WHO sets the threshold at 40\u00b0C. Recent studies suggest humidity plays a key role in determining fan effectiveness, with fans aiding cooling in moist conditions. This has led to calls for n&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/science\/news\/when-is-it-too-hot-for-fans-experts-disagree-on-safety-thresholds-in-extreme-heat-6964642#rss-gadgets-news\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With extreme heat on the rise, experts disagree on safe temperature limits for fan use. The CDC advises against using fans over 32.2\u00b0C, citing risks in high temperatures. However, WHO sets the threshold at 40\u00b0C. Recent studies suggest humidity plays a key role in determining fan effectiveness, with fans aiding cooling in moist conditions. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.gadgets360cdn.com\/large\/7-nov_artical_6_full_img_1730974247354.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[6080,132241,58339,4620,39751,132240,1849,1029,13549,2058,5037,31598,132239],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170293,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170291\/revisions\/170293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}