Or does the direction really matter for the seasons?
2007-10-30 09:44:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Ha ha! thats almost funny! Your question gave me an idea! Obviously, in the cooler times of the year, have it blowing down to circulate the warm air.
2007-10-30 10:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by motorheadluke 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, change the direction. In summer you want it blowing down, so the people in the room feel the draft. In winter you want it blowing up, to take cool air from the floor and push it up the the ceiling where it will displace the warm that collects there without making a draft that people can feel. And run it on the lowest speed. If done correctly I am told it makes the room feel warmer without using more heat. The idea is to keep the room air mixed without making enough of a draft to feel. In summer you want to feel the cool draft, so you run the fan at high speed and blowing down on the people in the room. In winter you switch it to blow up at a low speed; just barely enough to keep the air from stratifying into a warm layer at the ceiling and a cool layer at the floor. But I have never actually tried it myself. I just don't use the fans in winter.
2007-10-30 10:44:39 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you should change it. Whatever you have it set on for the summer, I forget if its switch up or down, so the opposite in the winter. I do this every ear in order ot keep my fan on. It has something to do with the direction of the air flow. Hopes this helps.
2007-10-30 09:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by Michele 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heat rises, so in winter you want to switch your fan so that it brings that warm air back down.
2007-10-30 09:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by John Sol 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Change it so it's blowing downward. Heat rises, so you want to push it back into the area where people are.
2007-10-30 09:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by J M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋