"Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote in message
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"Robert Neville" wrote in message
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(---MIKE---) wrote:

The fans, being up
high, are not easy to get at to change direction. Right now they are
set to "blow" down. Is this the best way to distribute the heat or
would up be better?

The usual convention is to have the fans set to blow down in the summer
and up
in the winter. The reason being is that moving air feels cooler,
regardless of
temperature.


If moving air feels cooler regardless of temperature, then what's better
in winter - fans on to draw air up, or fan off ? I keep mine off.

My ceiling in my family room is 10' high. That's a lot of warm air up there
that's wasted. The moving air of a fan blowing directly down onto you feels
cooler. The pulling up of a fan to circulate the warm air around the room's
edges will make the room heat more efficiently unless the fan is running at
high speed. It all depends on YOUR room. My living room is 18 x 36 x 10'
high, and the fan works great, summer or winter.

Steve