Eli5: Why do they say windchill doesn’t affect objects yet fans are used for cooling?

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Basically title, you always hear “windchill only affects humans” but we use fans to cool things all the time?

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Evaporation is another factor for humans, your skin always has some amount of moisture. That will evaporate faster if the air is moving. That’s an important reason to use fans. Evaporating something takes heat away.

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