which way do I want my ceiling fan to turn in order to cool my house off?

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if you could also tell me the difference in what clock wise and counter clock wise does in forcing air around that would be helpful as well. thanks

All that I have in my house for air is fans. I have vaulted ceiling and the fan is in the middle. Yes I understand in order to have air blowing I need to turn the fan on. . . hello!! I just know that one direction pulls air and the other pushes. I just don’t' know which way the blades need to be spinning to push the air. Or do I want to pull it up. Right now it is 92 outside and 81 in my house. I am dieing of heat. please help with real answers!!

wasn't getting the answers that I was really looking for. I looked at other question people may have asked along the same lines as mine. If you are interested here is the info I found:
After being in the ceiling fan business for over 20 years, I've answered this question thousands of times…in several ways. The technical answer from the fan manufacturers is: During the summer the fan should run counter clockwise (as you look up at it). During the winter, clockwise at a low speed. However, most people get confused with this answer…and can’t remember the next day, which is correct. Plus, it is not 100% correct.

So, here are some alternative answers:

During the summer, you want the air blowing directly on you so you will feel cooler from the wind chill effect (which is how fans cool you off). So stand under the fan and turn it up on high speed. If you "Do Not" feel the air very well, then turn the fan off and flick the reverse toggle switch. Turn it back on high speed.

feel the air very well, then turn the fan off and flick the reverse toggle switch. Turn it back on high speed. If you feel more air, you have it in the right position. So whichever position you feel the most air movement when standing directly under the fan is the correct position for summer. If you do not feel much air in either direction, then your fan has a very weak motor with a relatively flat pitch to the blade. Fans like this won't do much good for you in either direction during the summer. If this is this case, you may wish to consider visiting a specialty fan dealer online to get a more powerful fan than the ones they sell at the home centers.
Thank you to the person who answered this question weeks ago!!

Answer 1

Counter clockwise in summer and clockwise in winter

Answer 2

Look at the blades. The blades should be turning in the direction the lowest part of the blade is on. This lifts the cooler air and circulates it. In the winter, you want the fan to bring down the warmer air to help heat.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Larry S is absolutely correct.

Fans should blow down in summer, pull up in winter.

That way you get a cool breeze on you in summer, but not a chilling breeze in winter. Room air circulates either way. The morons that tell you that you want to blow the warm air down, and pull cold air up are WRONG. You will circulate the air either way, but won't cool off the warm air in winter, and pushing the cold air down, across the room and up the walls in summer works great.

Blow down in summer, draw up in winter.

Answer 5

cool air stays close to the floor ..so in summer you want the fan to lift the cool air to the ceiling and around the walls..the switch on the fan should be up to pull the air ...use the medium speed and you should feel the difference ..if you have air conditioning it will help to curb the cost of running it..

Answer 6

It doesn't matter witch way the fan is turning but that it is turning. It will still cool your house off. clock wise is the way the clock handles are going around the clock. counter clock wise is the opposite.

Answer 7

if you have central air it would depend on if your air blows out of the vent on the outer wall or towards the middle of the house. if the air comes out of the vents (supply vent) in the middle of the house, then you make the fan turn counter clock-wise. other than that i dont think it really matters.

Answer 8

you want it blowing down to cool and blowing up to help keep the room warm.....simple..down to lower temp ...up to warm.