2006-07-06 13:57:29 · 22 answers · asked by poppy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Most of them have a switch. You should pull the heat off the ceiling in the winter. In the summer you should suck the heat out of the house.
2006-07-06 14:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has a reversing switch so you can determine that for yourself. If you want the air to blow DOWN, push the switch on the side of the motor housing to "DOWN". Disadvantages of this is, if you have vaulted ceilings and live in AZ, you're pushing hot air down to where YOU are, and where your thermostat is, making your A/C work harder to keep you cool. If the fan blades are tilted to the right, meaning the blade is set higher on its left edge than its right, the fan should be running counter-clockwise.
If you push the switch UP (only when the fan is off and has stopped turning) the fan will begin to push cool air UP, where it hits the ceiling, spreads out, and begins descending again because cold air descends, hot air rises. The disadvantage here is, all the crap in your air ends up on your popcorn ceiling, in a ring around the fan, and its a DOG of a job to clean.
2006-07-13 17:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally (there may be exceptions) counter clockwise to have the air pushed down at you. In some applications you can set it in reverse to pull air up toward the fan. The air will then circulate down the walls.
Good luck.
2006-07-06 21:04:38 · answer #3 · answered by ape54321 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Counter clockwise if you are wanting to cool something down but in the winter we set in on clockwise to circulate the heat!
2006-07-06 21:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Tisha W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the solstice. During winter, clockwise to to bring the cold air up.
During summer, counter clocwise to pull the heat up.
2006-07-06 21:10:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good fan goes both ways. If it spins one way (depending on the blade angle) it pushes air down. If you want to spread warm air, from a wood-burning stove for instance, you turn it the other way (with a switch on the base) and it pushes the air up and towards the ceiling, drawing air up and circulating it through the room.
2006-07-06 21:02:57 · answer #6 · answered by queenietrixie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine is currently going counter clockwise.
2006-07-06 21:00:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the time of the year and the pitch of the blades. In the summer, you want them to rotate so they pull cold air up off the floor to cool the room. In the winter you want them to rotate in the opposite direction to pull the warm air off the ceiling to heat the room.
2006-07-06 21:34:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was always told to run it clockwise in the summer and counterclockwise in the winter.
2006-07-06 21:02:05 · answer #9 · answered by melbel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both ways...
Blowing air downward is good in the summer.
Blowing air upward works well in the winter.
Of course downward, you feel the air more and upward circulates without blowing directly on you. (more the reason for summer vs. winter)
2006-07-06 21:02:51 · answer #10 · answered by Steven A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋