ceiling fans in the winter?

Question

Everything I read about ceiling fans in the winter are for homes with the registers up towards the ceiling. What about in homes where the registers are closer to the floor?

Answer 1

Well, regardless of where the registers are, if the ceiling fan is set on reverse, so that it pulls air up from the floor instead of pushing it down from the ceiling, it helps keep the room warmer, since the hot air in a room rises and is then distributed evenly around the room.

Answer 2

Well, I'm not an expert, but I keep my ceiling fan in the foyer going at all times. I reversed the direction of the blades in the hopes that the heat that rises up to the ceiling will be pushed down and around into the rooms below. I have a wood burning stove in the family room and that heat only moves by itself so I'm hoping the fan stirs the air and makes the temp more even. Why don't you experiment. Check and change the rotation of the blades and see if one way works better than the other. Good luck.

Answer 3

I have ceiling fans that I run 24/7 365. I live in the mid-atlantic region and have electric ceiling heat. By running the fans in the winter,(blowing upward toward the ceiling) The warm air near the ceiling is moved along the ceiling and down the walls of the room. This puts the warm air down low where you want it. remember warm air rises and you need to get it down to the floor for comfort and to help reduce cool spots in the room.

Answer 4

Here is the correct direction ceiling fans are designed to work, in fall and winter you want the fan pushing the air towards the ceiling, reason being that is where most of the heat is. ( heat rises), in spring and summer you want the ceiling fan pushing the air down, along the floor is where the cool air is and the room will circulate the warm/ cool air around the room keeping the temp consistent.

Answer 5

Depending of course, on the prevailing air movement conditions in the room, ceiling fans may be used with some measure of success to improve warm air flow for the room (regardless of register placement).

They work very well to improve warm air circulation when used in conjuction with a radiant heat source, during winter.

Have the fan pull the air upward during summer and downward for winter.

Answer 6

Registers located up near the ceiling are "RETURN AIR" supplies and the lower ones are HEAT SUPPLIES.
As we all know, HEAT rises naturally so by running your ceiling fans in reverse it moves the warm air back down towards the floor.

Answer 7

Heat rises, so using a ceiling fan in the winter can blow some of it back down. Just keep it on low. If it seems to make things worse, try reversing the direction of the motor (flip the little switch).

Answer 8

You can reverse the blades to make the fan blow hot air instead of cold. It will work extremely well especially if the registers are low. There is a little black switch right above the blades that you can flip to reverse the blades. Be careful though, I did it once and turned the fan on high and I got so hot I thought I was going to pass out. LOL
Try it! It Works good!

Answer 9

Your Fan should have a switch near the top by the Blade's just put the switch in the other Direction (if the switch is up push it Down) as this cause's the Blades to spin in the other direction causing the air to flow the other way but before doing this turn the fan off as doing it with the fan on will most likly mess the motor up

Answer 10

THEORHETICALLY, the idea is to circulate air throughout the room; Pulling the warm air upward and circulating that warmer air downward from the ceiling along the walls.
This (theory) should work the same, reguardless of where the heat source lies (the floor or ceiling or wall.)
If you can run around each sector of the room to "feel" how the temperature changes in each spot, you can gage which method (pushing down or pulling up) works best for your setting.
GOOD LUCK with your "temperature-feeling."