On Jul 2, 1:11 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
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We do not have air conditioning, except for a window unit.

Are you attempting to cool two rooms with one AC? If so, you may do better
with a pedestal fan blowing from the AC room into the other. Trying to
have a propeller blast from the ceiling is going to be of limited value.
We have ours going very slow, just enough to move some air.

Nope. We really only use the AC on very hot days in the one bedroom,
when the night temp does not drop below 70 and the air is stagnant
(about 10 night a year, on average). On those nights, we normally
have the kids sleep in the room with us if they're uncomfortable.
They're rooms are on a lower level than ours, so there are times when
our room is suffocating and they're under that 70 degree mark.

What we're trying to get away from is running a second, floor unit fan
in the same room as the ceiling fan. Our hope is that if we invest in
a better ceiling fan, we can eliminate the second fan in the room.
There are a few other reasons that we're looking to replace the
current unit, but air circulation is the primary one. The second
ceiling fan that we're replacing is the same type of fan and is
undersized for the room that it is in.