Stand beneath the running fan and if you feel a cooling breeze it s turning correctly.
Ceiling fan direction cool air.
It allows you to turn your thermostat up a few degrees.
Most of us don t use our fans in the winter.
Your clockwise ceiling fan will push that warm air out into the room.
Typically it s counterclockwise or left for summer and clockwise for winter but the best method is to follow the steps above.
The blades should move from the top left then down to the right and then back to the top.
It s best to run the fan on a low speed so that it doesn t create too much of a cooling breeze.
Your fan is now turning in a clockwise direction rotating to the right.
In the summertime run your ceiling fan counter clockwise to push cool air down.
Clockwise spin mode warms your room naturally and you give a break on your heating devices at the same time saving on your energy bills.
It also helps to pick up air from the air.
Because warm air rises the air near the ceiling can be three to four degrees warmer than air near the floor.
The cool air evaporates perspiration and creates a wind chill effect which makes you feel cooler without affecting the room temperature.
During cold temperatures or winter your fan should spin clockwise at a low speed to draw the cold air up the ceiling and force warm air built at the roof down into the room.
A ceiling fan that spins clockwise will draw cooler air up and force warmer air near the ceiling down and out toward walls.
Popular for their ability to redistribute cool air throughout a room ceiling fans turn counterclockwise and create a current that moves down and out which then sends air back up along the walls.
This is the best ceiling fan direction for air conditioning since it makes the air feel cooler than it is.
A ceiling fan should rotate counterclockwise in the summer so the blades push cooler air down in a column.
To help move warm air that is trapped on the ceiling blades should turn forward in a clockwise motion.
If not change directions usually by flicking a switch on the fan s base.
This allows you to set the thermostat at a higher temperature without forfeiting comfort.
This will create an updraft pulling cool air up underneath the fan away from you.
In a normal or forward setting your ceiling fan is running in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from below which creates the direct breeze.
To make sure it is set correctly stand directly under the fan blades and watch the blades rotate.