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The cost to heat and cool a home is becoming more expensive every year. We want to be comfortable but we don’t want to pay and arm and leg to make that happen, right?
Thankfully, using a ceiling fan can really help in reducing heating and cooling expenses! In the summer, a ceiling fan running at medium or high speed will help those in the room feel slightly cooler so you can adjust the thermostat accordingly. In the winter, running a fan at a low speed will redirect the warm air from the ceiling into the living space.
Turn your ceiling fan clockwise in the summer.
Set your fan so that it turns clockwise (this looks counterclockwise if you are looking up).
Turn your ceiling fan counter clockwise in the winter.
Set the fan to run counterclockwise (this looks clockwise if you are looking up).
There are all kinds of ways to clarify right and left. There’s stage left and stage right, driver’s side and passenger’s side and, my favorite, lefty-loosy, righty-tighty. Unfortunately, I don’t know of a catchy saying to help remember which way the ceiling fan should rotate. If you do, let us know in the comments!
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Well, generally this is how we do it.
Clockwise (summer position) is when the blades are “pushing the air”
Since the blades are at a slant like / and going > this direction.
Counterclockwise (winter) is when the blades are “scooping the air”
They go that way. I hope that didn’t confuse the heck out of everyone.
:D Basically, you should feel a breeze coming from the fan in the summer, and in the winter you shouldn’t feel that breeze.
.-= Shelby Michalek´s last blog ..Sunday Scripture =-.
I could not live without my ceiling fans. And nothing beats a nice cross breeze either!
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One of the first things we did when we remodeled this old bungalow we live in was install ceiling fans in each room…I’m sooo glad we did!
I’m bookmarking your post because I can never remember which way to make the fan go per season! Thanks :)
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Our fan’s can’t be turned the other direction, so we only use them in the summer! My best tip is to keep the temp high in the summer (78-80) and low in the winter (60′s). We save a ton on our bill’s doing this:)
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