Fan death | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 선풍기 사망설 |
Hanja | 扇風機 死亡說 |
Revised Romanization | seonpunggi samangseol |
McCune–Reischauer | sŏnp'unggi samangsŏl |
Fan death is a misconception that people have died as a result of running an electric fan in a closed room with no open windows. While the supposed mechanics of fan death are impossible given how electric fans operate, belief in fan death persisted to the mid-2000s in South Korea,[1][2][3] and also to a lesser extent in Japan.[4][5][6]