2007-01-29 13:46:45 · 9 answers · asked by kytxan 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Cooler air circulation in summer, blades rotate clockwise. Heat circulation in the winter, blades rotate counter clockwise. Make sure you have a ceiling fan that has the feature of blades rotating either way. Believe it or not some still do not.
Hope this helps
2007-01-29 16:11:41 · answer #1 · answered by SerenitysHeart 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are circulating heat you want the blades to push the hot air from the ceiling down toward the floor to even up the room temperature.
If you are cooling in summer you want the blades to go in the opposite direction so that they pull the hot air away from the living space up toward the ceiling.
Easiest way to tell if you are doing it right is to flick the fan on for a few seconds and see if it is blowing the way you want. You will feel the breeze going up or down. Instead you could notice which way the forward edge of the fan is pointed as it starts to turn. If the forward edge is pointed up it is slicing into the ceiling's air and forcing it down.
If the fan is not moving the air the way you want flick the direction switch or pull the reversing chain switch so that it is correct.
2007-01-29 22:12:20 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In winter time to circulate the heat that builds up at the ceiling the blades should blow the air up. To test this turn the fan on while standing beneath it and look up. If there is no wind on your face the blades are circulating properly.
This should be reversed come summer.
2007-01-30 17:36:51 · answer #3 · answered by big_mustache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either direction will help mix the air, but during the winter you may find it more comfortable to have the air going up towards the ceiling (and then down around the periphery of the room), and the opposite in the summer. It depends where you sit and how that air flow feels for you.
2007-01-29 22:04:49 · answer #4 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Buy some of the plastic air relectors that are mounted by magnets against your vents. Then you can point the air in any direction that benefits your home best. The reflectors are very inexpensive, but they help the air flow throughout your home more effectively.
2007-01-29 22:16:39 · answer #5 · answered by smcdevitt2001 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Counter-clockwise.
2007-01-30 00:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by Look on the bright side. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless your room is the size of an airplane hangar, the fan just moving the air in either direction will distribute the heat. (If you are in the hangar, the direction is so the air is pushed down!):]
2007-01-29 21:52:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
To heat, should push air down.
2007-01-29 21:55:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
they only go one way, no... theres no differance
2007-01-29 21:49:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋