for those in the cold regions, do you leave your ceiling fans on all day/night on low for moving the warm air off the ceilings to circulate? i have been doing mine till going to bed....then put the bedroom one on....just curious. and rose....nice fireplace. our open house at our townhouse we are selling only had the pellet stove running in the downstairs family room and was a huge hit! the gas fireplace (living room) and the free standing gas in the family room are not the same but ok.....

 

I ussually shut mine off when I'm not in the room depending how long it's going to be. Like you when I go to bed, shut teh living room off and turn on the bedroom, When I get up, shut the bedroom off and turn on the living room.

It takes less energy to start it up than it does to let it run for several hours (not to mention wear and tear) and if no one is going to be in there for several hours, then it seems pointless.

 

I never really turn my off? I have one in the master bedroom and I love it. keeps the air always moving

 

I never turn our fans off, they run 24/7. Makes the A/C run less during the summer and keeps the warm air from just rising (vaulted ceilings throughout the house) in the winter. And most importantly, I cant stand to not have circulating air.

 

exactly....need air movement. I come home after work, and the first thing I notice is...is the fan on...I cant stand them being off...my OCD..


ps, I spent 99% of my day surfing.....

 

Thanks, I can't wait to get it and have it up and running!!

During the winter months (whenever we have a heater running) we leave the ceiling fans on 24/7. We set the switch on them so the blades spin the air up not down. It keeps the warm air from sitting up on the ceiling so the heater isn't working overtime. During the summer we run them (switched to blow downward) only during the day. At night I open the windows for the colder air to come in and it doesn't make much sense to me to have the fans blowing down and essentially pushing the air back out!

 

 

The only fans in the house that gets turned on/off are the bedroom fans. The living room, dining room, and Brooklyn's room stay on 24/7....

 

it's horrible...and we have to do 911 again next week...


Jamz, we have a ceiling fan and a standup fan going 24/7 in our room...those only get turned off in "certain" situations...

 

Oh yea, that's right. I guess I forget these things since things are "slow" right now.


Actually the standup fan gets "pointed" in a different direction, but the ceiling fan stays on. Gotta circulate the body heat. Our room is in the back of the house, so it doesn't get as cool as I'd like for it to.

 

What's the best direction for ceiling fans in the winter anyways? Lots of people say in reverse it keeps the hot air from being trapped at the ceiling but couldn't the same be said for the normal direction? That would push the hot air that's already up there down wouldn't it?

 

Why?

The ceiling fan has been going strong for 10 years next month and almost never gets shut off. The only "certain" situation it gets turned off for is when my wife is doing her nails. She says the fan blowing on them makes the polish bubble or something... The bedroom fan never gets shut off, no matter the situation

 

this week is clean up

 

Could be worse....... We could be cleaning up ARIS/ATM

 

Both directions seem like they do the same thing to me too, the difference is, that in reverse it's not blowing across your skin cooling you off. It blows it down the walls.

In the summer the air up there is also warmer than the air around you but with the fan on then the air moving across your skin makes it feel cooler. Even though the moving air is indeed warmer.