The present invention obtains a desired cooling effect in a fan motor as
well as suppresses any increase in the noise level in a centrifugal fan
that sucks in air from the rotary shaft direction and blows out air in a
direction that intersects the rotary shaft, and in an air conditioner
provided therewith. The centrifugal fan of the air conditioner comprises
a fan motor, a hub, a plurality of blades, and an air guide. The hub has
cooling air holes, and is coupled to and rotationally driven by a shaft
of the fan motor. The air guide guides a portion of the blown out air to
the vicinity of the fan motor, cools the fan motor, and then guides the
air flow so that the revolving direction velocity decreases when that air
is blown out from the cooling air holes to the side of the hub opposite
the fan motor.