What Direction Should My Ceiling Fan Run in the SUMMER?
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2023
- A lower electric bill can start with a ceiling fan. BUT, that ceiling fan must be running in the right direction.
This video demonstrates the correct direction for ceiling fans in summer, common problems with ceiling fan direction, and how to check your ceiling fan is running in the right direction for maximum cooling in summer.
What if the ceiling fan is wired incorrectly? What if you ceiling fan switch is side-to-side instead of up and down? We've got you covered.
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Would have been nice to have been shown the direction for summer/winter. Looking up at it looks like clockwise for winter ??
Ernie, thanks so much for the feedback and for watching. It really depends on the wiring of the fan and the pitch of the blades. That’s why I talk about feeling the air flow. All ceiling fans are NOT created equal. Thanks again!
Clockwise vs. counterclockwise doesn't really work for communicating this, both because it depends on how the blades are angled and because it depends on whether you're looking at the fan from below or from above.
If you want the air blowing downward, the fan needs to turn so that the leading edges of the blades are above and the trailing edges are below.
If it's a vertical a fan and you're facing it with the air blowing onto you, the leading edges of the blades are behind and the trailing edges are in front. (If the blades are curved, you can see this more easily by looking at them edge on.)
So, the leading edges of the fan blades are tilted in the direction opposite the direction in which the air blows.
The diagram with the arrows needs fixing.
Good point. Thank you for your feedback. Which reminds me of a joke: Why don't sound engineer websites have surveys? Because they HATE feeback. Thanks so much for watching.
Ha. That's a good one that I haven't heard in a long time. It has always bugged me how we talk about clockwise and counterclockwise like they are absolute directions, when so often the thing that's turning could be looked at from either side.
I tried plugging in all four of our vertical fans to see how they compare to the ceiling fan. They all have the blades angled the opposite way from the ones on the ceiling fan, with the rotors going the other direction. If I mounted them on the ceiling to blow air downward like I have the ceiling fan doing, they'd be turning in the opposite direction. (Pun intended.) So it looks like vertical household fans use the opposite standard.
I also noticed this time that our ceiling fan has just every other blade angled like that. It's like the one you showed. I'm guessing this is standard, too, but I don't really know. Do ceiling fan designs vary much?
Why didn't he just show us which way the blades should be turning?
Great question Jazz Man! The answer is it depends on the wiring of the ceiling fan and also which direction the manufacturer pitched the fan blades. Because of that you have to feel the air flow; blowing down in the summer and drawing up in the winter. Thanks so much for asking.
It’s a simple answer, clockwise summer, counter clockwise winter?
@@EmmaDee Is that for ALL ceiling fan manufacturer make and models? Are all fan blades pitched the same direction?
@@FieldGuidetoDIY well I just don’t know and I too am trying to figure it out because I’ve got at least 15 foot ceilings in here and I’m hot as he double L!!
@@EmmaDeefor my fan it’s counterclockwise to push air downward
I have watched videos about switching the fan of directions of the van, but no one ever said it and described it the way you have about going up or down and why we’re going up and down or side to side right meaning?
I’m so glad it helped, Nisreen. Thanks so much for watching.
👍👍👍Thanks Eddie.
You are quite welcome Pete. Thanks so much for watching.
Thanks for setting this straight.. 😅as we have doing it the opposite way.
You are quite welcome. Here’s to cooler days ahead. Thanks so much for watching.
@@FieldGuidetoDIY thank you and to you also. 🙏
I’ve always wondered at what outside temp should you turn the fan on. If you keep it 72 inside would it be 50? 40? 30? 🤔🤔🤔
Well, I turn ours on in the winter too in the opposite direction.
@@FieldGuidetoDIY I do too but not if it’s 55 degrees or higher.
Did you get all scientific with this but you don't even say which way the blade should be spinning
Justin, like if the blade is pitched downward to the left - clockwise and if pitched downward to the right - counter clockwise? I appreciate the suggestion.
Is it clockwise or counter clockwise in summeR
Clockwise should blow the air down. Try that.
My fan works with a remote up down left right is meaningless. Very disappointing
Ahh, you are a lucky man. Air blowing down during summer - other direction during winter.
not a very good guide. have just had us look at the fan blade diagonal, and show examples of each movement (clockwise or counter clockwise) - showing it "cut and push air down" with blades faced like \ you want it counter-clockwise. if your blades for some reason face / it would be the opposite effect. (counter-clockwise would scoop air up, the desired effect in colder seasons) the whole 'up down' and 'feel' doesn't make sense as people will all have different opinions on it, and even placebo effect on 'feeling' airflow.
You are great! Thank you for the suggestion. Greatly appreciated.
Too many sensitive comments. If the wind isn't blowing down (summer) then, flick the switch.
If you have a "hugger" fan (close to a low ceiling), I find it works best to leave it in "upward" blowing mode to disperse the ceiling heat better.
Well said.
If Hunter fan representative ever reads these comments, I have to say putting the switch to reverse the blades on top of the motor is lousy placement I say this as a 75-year-old woman with vaulted ceilings who had to climb a ladder repeatedly to clean the blades, then the light fixture dome, and twice to find the stupid switch. Rant over.
That is why more and more folks are buying fans with reverse on the remote!
That is why more manufacturers have reverse on the remote!
@@FieldGuidetoDIY If only, I'm living on a fixed income and replacing perfectly good fans isn't on the to do list, but living in Arizona with its mild winters I guess I can forgo the blade reversal altogether.
Look at the blade angle and you’ll know which way the air will get pushed. I watched to see your view on this and we are both in agreement on the direction for both seasons. I try to tell people the concept of the directions but no one listens. Don’t they wonder why the fan has the directional switch in the first place?? Well maybe you’ll get the word out.
Thank you for your help 😉!
Just say "Clockwise in the Summer" "Counter-clockwise in the Fall & Winter". There, fixed it. Obviously, this is sarcasm. Should be Counter clockwise in Summer - Clockwise in Fall/Winter.
🤣🤣🤣 Perfect! Thanks for chiming in!
This was not at all helpful.
I’m sorry to hear that.