What is the benefits - does it really make a difference??
2007-05-31 00:22:00 · 7 answers · asked by Mike C 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Because warm air rises, reversing the direction of the fan causes the flow of warm air to recirculate by pulling it up to the ceiling and forcing it back out and down. In summer, you move the cool air by forcing it down and around the room; this movement keeps you cooler. Both ideas are meant to help your heating/cooling system work less and be more efficient.
2007-05-31 00:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mike V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ceiling fan doesn’t cool a home, it cools people. It does so without changing indoor temperature one degree! How? By moving air. The movement of air over the surface of your skin removes heat from a region physiologists call the boundary layer — a warm layer of air that surrounds us at all times. By stripping heat from the boundary layer, a ceiling fan makes us feel as if the air in the room is about 4 degrees Fahrenheit cooler. Ceiling fans are especially effective cooling fans early or late in the cooling season, when all you need is a slight temperature decrease.
If your home is energy-efficient, a few strategically placed fans may be all you need to stay comfortably cool in the summer. Even if you still need air conditioning, ceiling fans will save energy by allowing you to raise the thermostat setting. Be sure to choose an Energy Star ceiling fan. Ceiling fans come in a wide range of styles, colors, and prices. They can come with or without ceiling fan lights. Some are operated by remote control, others by wall switches in combination with pull chains. Most ceiling fans come with a switch to change the speed. In addition, most have two settings so you can control the direction in which the blades turn — one setting for winter (that brings warm air down) and another for summer. In the summer, you should be able to feel “cool” air moving if you stand directly under the fan.
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2016-06-01 20:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by show123go 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a personal opinion. It is a fact that hot air rises and cool air drops. In the summer, you are looking for cooler air. This would mean that you need to lift the cooler air up to circulate it and let it "fall" back down. In the winter, the warmer air rises above you so you want to bring it back down. I set my fans to pull the cooler air up in the summer by setting the blade direction the same as the lowest side of the blades. This pulls it up. Just the opposite in the winter. If you have your fans running at full speed, you will feel a breeze in either direction.
2007-05-31 01:45:54 · answer #3 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It quite would not count, an straightforward ceiling fan won't make a extensive dent in heating or cooling the living house. frequently the blades are fixed on an attitude so the decrease fringe of the blade is push or carry. So iciness push and summer time carry, frequently.....summer time ( clockwise ) iciness ( counter clockwise ) looking up on the ceiling fan.
2016-10-06 09:09:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
move the air up in the winter. this will circulate warm air around the room without putting a breeze on you and making it feel cooler. move the air down in the summer so you do get the breeze.
2007-05-31 00:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by musickkyle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Push the heat back toward the floor instead of drawing it away. Makes a difference in some rooms
2007-05-31 00:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hot air rises cold air falls....Didn't you learn this on school?
2007-05-31 00:25:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋