Otherwise you re just using electricity and the fan motor puts out heat.
Ceiling fan circulate heat winter.
Depending on your heating system and ceiling height you may or may not have much stratification of the air in the winter.
Install a ceiling fan at the top of your stairs if you have an open stairway in your home.
By reversing your ceiling fan to blow air up this warm air is redistributed throughout the room.
There are many reasons to make good use of your ceiling fan during the winter months.
By simply adjusting your ceiling fan direction you can warm your home in those frigid winter months.
On the correct winter setting the fan should push air up and draw that hot air down the side walls of the room.
In winter as hot air rises it becomes trapped at the ceiling level.
Likewise those with heat sources that do not circulate the air will feel warmer in the colder spots of the room.
You would feel practically no air movement underneath and only a little air circulation closer to the walls.
If the air near the ceiling in winter isn t appreciably warmer than the air at the floor running ceiling fans won t help.
That s a significant savings.
Some studies have shown that simply reversing your ceiling fan in the winter can lower heating costs by as much as 15.
Those with high or vaulted ceilings will see a great temperature difference with the extra heat circulation a ceiling fan can provide.
This redistributes the heated air and thus warms the entire room.