whitch direction should a celing fan turn in the summer to cool aroom?

Answer 1

The fan should be turning counterclockwise during the summer to circulate air down into the room. As mentioned above, this will not cool the room, but will provide a "cooling" effect from the convection from the moving air.

You can use the right-hand rule to determine which direction the air will blow from a particular fan rotation. Wrap the fingers of your right hand around in the direction of rotation and your thumb will point in the direction of air movement.

Answer 2

The direction of circulation really doesn't change the temperature of the room. It is the movement of the air over our skin that gives the feeling of being cooler.

Some prefer the strong feeling of the air blowing down in the summer months and the softer feel of the air blowing up in the winter.

Others do not like the feel of having a constant "draft" on their bodies and only let the air blow up the year round.

Answer 3

Put a bucket of water under it, and semi submerge a piece of linnen cloth in it, over a clothes horse. Turn the fan on, so it blows air down. As the air passes through it, it will create an evaporative air conditioner. As the water evaporates, it'll cool the room. You may have to experiment with it, but it'll work. If the room gets sticky, though, you'll have to open a window, to let the moisture out, or it'll stop working propperly.

Answer 4

Wow, do some of us get it right! Others???

The goal is to have air moving past your body to help cool it. This will work even if the air is somewhat warm. Set the fan to blow down (try the switch or whatever) so it will blow where you are.

Some people use a ceiling fan in the winter to help break stratification and push the warm air that might accumulate near the ceiling downward, but you don't want a stream of air blowing on you (it will make you feel cooler) so you should reverse the airflow (blow up).

Answer 5

Warm air rises, so I would turn it so it is directing air upwards... not so it pushes hot air back down. However the best solution is to place two box fans stacked in the window. The top fan blows air out, and bottom pulls air in. Or use cross ventialition by places fans in the same direction on each side of the room.

Answer 6

you may want to opt to seem up the be conscious convection. except the fan is supported in a vaulted room you're shifting (warm) air round with a ceiling fan. warm air rises, chilly air is more effective dense (heavier) than warm air. in case your HVAC registers are fastened close to the ceiling, the air will artwork it is way right down to the floor. The air is mixed with warmth air transforming into hotter, and starts to upward push. increasing warm air causes the air to bypass throughout the time of the room (abode). to respond to your question, operating the ceiling fan even as the A/C is on helps blend the warm air to an uncomplicated temperature speedier, makeing the room cooler speedier. After 10 minutes (except your talking a 2 tale or vaulted abode) you're blending warmth air with chillier air, till you equalize the ambient warmth with the utmost means of the A/C unit (or till yet another human being enters the room).

Answer 7

In the summer months the air should blow down to bring the warm air that has risen down so it can be cooled. In the winter months the air should blow upwards to pull the cool air from below upward to be heated and to push the warm air down where you want it.

That's the theory anyway... we generally always have ours blowing downward... but then again we live in SouthEast Texas where it don't get that cold.

Hope this helps!

Answer 8

If it's blowing down, it will feel cool against your skin, if it's blowing up, it will circulate air, but not be as strong against the skin.

Answer 9

Doesn't matter. It won't cool the room, but the moving air will feel cooler.