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In response to "Summer time, make them blow down, winter, make them pull up. -- nm" by sycor

1) I think this is reverse conventional wisdom, 2) I don't know how conventional wisdom works when the air is just going to vortex back up and down

Posted by Max Jul 20 '12, 10:26

like a rotating tire. Clockwise or counterclockwise, the air's going to cover the same areas.

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I haven't seen any difference. I have 5 ceiling fans in my house, 3 of them with remote controls. - GregW Jul 20, 10:29
No way. In the summer you want the air to blow down so you will feel the breeze and feel cooler. Allows you to raise the temp on your AC - sycor Jul 20, 10:28 10
- but we don't have our HVAC unit running yet, so...... -- nm - CQ Jul 20, 10:36 2
  - so then the fan will just help you feel cooler without the AC on at all -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 10:38 1
    - I've tried both methods and pulling up the air in summer, in our house, works best. -- nm - CQ Jul 20, 10:41
- I would think in winter you want to pull the warm air already at the ceiling down to the cool floor, but this is why I don't understand how it makes a -- nm - difference. Jul 20, 10:35 3
  - by pulling the air up it forces the warmer air at the ceiling down along the walls. But if you have it blow down you will feel a breeze so you would - sycor Jul 20, 10:37 2
    - So it's actually about breeze and not temperature distribution. -- nm - Max Jul 20, 10:40 1
      - In the summer yes. In the winter the fan pulling up will distribute the warmer air and help it feel warmer -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 10:43
- Energy star and wiki answers says I'm right. - sycor Jul 20, 10:30 2
  - Wiki answers sucks, but in this case they're right. -- (link) - mara Jul 20, 10:32 1
    - That's why I put Energystar first. :) I figure they would be right. -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 10:32

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1) I think this is reverse conventional wisdom, 2) I don't know how conventional wisdom works when the air is just going to vortex back up and down

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