Which way is a ceiling fan supposed to turn if you want cool air?

Question

Which way is a ceiling fan supposed to turn if you want cool air? Clock wise or counter clock wise?

Answer 1

counter clockwise

Answer 2

I don't think it makes a difference but I will ask my husband the mechanical engineer.
He says it depends on the pitch of the blades...i.e. the way the blades slant. It can vary with fans so it could be either clock wise or counter clock wise. You just have to see which way blows down and which way blows toward the ceiling. It also depends on where the cooler air is the room...if you have ac on or not. Hot air rises to the ceiling...so that if your fan is blowing down ...it is drawing the hot air away from the ceiling and towards the air conditioning thus cooling it.
If air is blowing directly on you ...you actually do cool because moisture on your body evaporates.

Answer 3

It does not matter, The forward (clock wise) or Reverse(counter clock wise) is in conjunction with an Air Conditioner or Heater.
I recently installed a ceiling fan: Operation Instruction below:

Answer 4

In the summer for cooling you want the fan to turn so the air blows down. This puts the air movement across you and you feel cooler.
In the winter, you would reverse it so the air blows up and there is little direct air movement felt, but the trapped warmer air at the ceiling is brought down the walls and into the lower levels of the room.

Answer 5

Stand under your fan and look up, like looking at a clock on the ceiling. If you want the fan to blow cool air on you then the fan blades must turn counterclockwise. During winter, to facilitate heating, the blades should go clockwise.

Answer 6

Ray of sunshine gave you the correct answer. There is a small button to reverse the blades unless you have a remote control type. The pitch of the blades just creates the amount of airflow, not the direction of airflow for this purpose. Cool air tends to fall, so you want to pull the air up and heat rises, so you want to push the air to the floor. (counter clockwise to blow the air down)

Answer 7

Well....it depends....If you want to feel the downdraft and there isnt all that much hot air up high near the ceilings....have it rotate clockwise.

If you have AC and you want the fan to help disperse and move the cold air coming from the vents....reverse the fan blades... that will help pull the air up from the floor and back down again.

Answer 8

THE FAN SHOULD CLOCKWISE FOR COOL AIR AND COUNTER CLOCKWISE FOR THE WARM AIR....IF YOU AREN'T SURE TRY STANDING UNDER IT AND TRY TO FEEL THE AIR...THE COOL AIR WILL COME DOWN IF YOU HAVE IT TURNING THE RIGHT WAY...THEY DO HELP OUT ALOT...IN THE WINTER THEY ARE GREAT...BECAUSE WARM AIR RISES AND THE FAN RUNNING WILL KEEP THE HEAT COMING BACK INTO THE ROOM AND IT WILL CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE HEATING COST........

Answer 9

It doesn't make a dimes worth of difference. The air is well mixed either way. Don't listen to me, put some thermometers above and below and run some tests. Take readings then switch the thermeters and reread them because 2 thermometers side by side will read different.

Answer 10

If you are looking at the fan fins and they are tilted down to your left, then the fan should go counter-clockwise. This will "pull" the cold air up.

Answer 11

During the summer, have it so it's pulling cool air from the floor (counterclockwise), and during the winter, have it so it's pushing warm air from the ceiling (clockwise)...