I was told by a trusted handyman that fans should push hot air down in the winter and pull cold air up in the summer to recirculate it. Everything I have read is saying the opposite only they are sending a mixed signal. The stuff I have read says to have it go counterclockwise in the summer which would contradict itself because it also says to have the air pushing downward from the blades which would be clockwise. So is it counter clockwise or clockwise in the summer is it pushing down or sucking up what’s correct?
I’ve told all my customers to have the cold air recirculating from the ground have the fans going counterclockwise which would suck it up the fans.
I have a new fan in my dining room it has the switch on it and its labeled up for summer down for winter, in the summer position the blades spin counter clockwise and air is pushed down, in the winter position blades spin clockwise and air is sucked up.
When you think about it when its hot if the fan is sucking air away from you it would defeat the purpose.
I agree completely. We also need to determine how best to describe the rotation. Are we looking up at the fan and calling it as we see it, or imagining ourselves above the fan looking down (or alternately, as if the fan was a dealer at a card table)? Looking down at the fan, most fans spin clockwise to push the air down, which would appear counter-clockwise from below. Personally, I like the perspective of above, as that’s where you’ll be when you flip that little switch.
I know from experience that the fan should be pushing heat back down in the winter, otherwise heat becomes trapped near the ceiling. During the summer though, I think it depends on a few factors, such as preference and how your home is ventilated. If you have a well designed home with a “passive cooling” layout, I think you would want the fans helping to facilitate the process by pulling the heat up and out of your home. If you rely on air conditioning, and simply want the feeling of more air flow, a downward push may be more noticeable.
Pushing the air down creates a breeze , hence why it is use for cooling purposes, In the other rotation air is drawn up recirculating the warmer air from the ceiling distributing it around the room. Where i live i have no A/C just fans, never felt the need to use them in winter only in summer, and they push air, if they did not they would be useless for cooling. On that note i have an older fan in my lounge room and it has no switch it has only 1 direction, it pushes air.
