On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 07:56:26 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote:

"RobertMacy" wrote in message
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It's HOT, so I thought run the ceiling fan so the cool air comes across
the stone flooring and moves by me to be sucked up into the ceiling fan -
so I feel cooler. Fan is set to move air UP

Earlier I thought run the fan directly onto me gently moving air straight
at me, which is DOWN. But when I did that, after 10-15min felt hotter in
the room.

Just saw one of those home shows, says in winter run the fan to move air
UP so the hot air moves along the ceiling and down your walls. And, in the
summer run your fan DOWN, with NO explanation, except claiming that lowers
your temperature 4-5 degrees [which is impossible in a CLOSED system] and
save up to 40% on air conditioning [what planet do THEY live on?]

So my question is WHICH way is this !@#$#@ system designed for? UP or DOWN
air in the summer?

Fans "cool" by moving air across your skin; the moving air evaporates
moisture from your skin...the more that moves and the faster it moves, the
cooler you will feel. Therefore, blow the air down to feel cooler.

Hot air rises. In winter, blow air up so that the warmer air at the ceiling
will be blown down.
OR simply run the fan blowing down to "suck" the hot air down from
the ceiling. That's what we did in the shop at the dealership - ran
the fans 24 hours a day during the winter - and it kept the floors
dry, the shop comfortable, the gas bill down, and the doors ice-free.
Heat was by natural gas "unit heaters" in the top corners of the one
shop, and the middle/side of the other.

Those fans paid for themselves the first week we installed them!!!!