Ceiling Fan question:

[Papagayo]

Do you let the ceiling fan blow down in summer and blow up in Winter? or, is it the other way around?

 

[OZEE]

Technically down in winter and up in summer, but I never change 'em

 

[Aftermath]

Down in summer to direct the airflow over you, up in the winter to circulate the air.

 

[Carbo]

I alternate: one revolution in each direction, turned manually. It does get tiring, though, by the end of the day.

 

[Cyberian]

Technically down in winter and up in summer, but I never change 'em

Down in summer to direct the airflow over you, up in the winter to circulate the air.

Well, I'm glad we got that settled so quickly.

 

[Murphyrulez]

You want the air blowing on you in the summer, to cool your perspiration. You don't want the air blowing on you in the winter, it would make you feel cold.

Make sense?

So down in summer, up in winter.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: Carbo
I alternate: one revolution in each direction, turned manually. It does get tiring, though, by the end of the day.

LOL. Your arms must look like Popeye's 😛

 

[Saulbadguy]

On a somewhat unrelated topic, but still a "ceiling fan question" none the less..

I have 2 bedrooms that do not have light fixtures , but they might have them under the ceiling. I think they put a new ceiling up (the cottage cheese sheet-rock type), and covered the fixtures. I believe this because I have a light switch in each room, that does nothing. No, none of the outlets in the room are switched. I do not have a crawl space...so..

A) can I make a crawl space easily and/or

B) How easy/hard is it to find the fixtures, if they are indeed under the ceiling.

Thanks.

 

[bunker]

From Hunter (they make ceiling fans!):

7. Can the fan be used in the winter for any beneficial purpose?
A ceiling fan can help lower energy consumption in the winter by up to 10%. The temperature of the air in a heated room varies in layers; the air near the ceiling is warmer than the air near the floor, because warm air rises. A ceiling fan can help push the warmer air that is trapped near the ceiling back down into the room, thus de-stratifying the layers of warm air. As a result, the warm air is circulated where it is needed, and the heating system does not overwork to warm the room. To properly de-stratify a warmed room, the ceiling fan should be run in a clockwise direction. This pushes the air up against the ceilings and down the walls, to gently re-circulate the warm air without creating a cooling wind chill effect.

 

[Papagayo]

Originally posted by: bunker
From Hunter (they make ceiling fans!):

7. Can the fan be used in the winter for any beneficial purpose?
A ceiling fan can help lower energy consumption in the winter by up to 10%. The temperature of the air in a heated room varies in layers; the air near the ceiling is warmer than the air near the floor, because warm air rises. A ceiling fan can help push the warmer air that is trapped near the ceiling back down into the room, thus de-stratifying the layers of warm air. As a result, the warm air is circulated where it is needed, and the heating system does not overwork to warm the room. To properly de-stratify a warmed room, the ceiling fan should be run in a clockwise direction. This pushes the air up against the ceilings and down the walls, to gently re-circulate the warm air without creating a cooling wind chill effect.

Thanks Bunker.. for the information..

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
On a somewhat unrelated topic, but still a "ceiling fan question" none the less..

I have 2 bedrooms that do not have light fixtures , but they might have them under the ceiling. I think they put a new ceiling up (the cottage cheese sheet-rock type), and covered the fixtures. I believe this because I have a light switch in each room, that does nothing. No, none of the outlets in the room are switched. I do not have a crawl space...so..

A) can I make a crawl space easily and/or

B) How easy/hard is it to find the fixtures, if they are indeed under the ceiling.

Thanks.

Um, by 'crawl space', do you mean attic access?

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: Carbo
I alternate: one revolution in each direction, turned manually. It does get tiring, though, by the end of the day.

LOL. Your arms must look like Popeye's 😛

Not because of the fan-turning, though. He's churning something else entirely. 😉

 

[RevolutionNeo]

use a metal detector to trace the wires from the switch....
who know's it might actually work :-D

the light fixture would be 16x + 8 inches from one wall so that it lies between two studs (as long as they didnt put drywall over plaster and lath ((x being an interger)))

 

[Mill]

Uh oh. Last time this thread happened it got ugly.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: Carbo
I alternate: one revolution in each direction, turned manually. It does get tiring, though, by the end of the day.

LOL. Your arms must look like Popeye's 😛

They may, but for a different reason.

 

[Carbo]

Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: Carbo
I alternate: one revolution in each direction, turned manually. It does get tiring, though, by the end of the day.

LOL. Your arms must look like Popeye's 😛

They may, but for a different reason.

You're referring to all the spinach I eat, right?