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which way should the ceiling fan spin?

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    No, to the right
     
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    apologies - I was looking at my fan upside down from an angle and just about confused myself - thanks for setting me straight
     
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    the blades being tilted to the right and turning clockwise pushes air up to the ceiling, the bottom of the blade on the right hits the air, the air travels up the blade to the high side left and pushes air up
     
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    HDRock have you ever found yourself convinced of something you typed(whilst drinking a few beers) convincing a enough to reiterate - in your own mind
    I now realize my fan was spinning clockwise :drunk:
     
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    :D yes sir REE I sure have, not only that after too many beers I lay down in the bed and spin counterclockwise:rofl: :lol:
     
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    You my friend are one of the most patient troubleshooters I have ever met. :handshake: Especially with my shennanigans LOL.
     
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    :pete:This thread derail brought to you by beer:cheers:

    To prevent future confusion (maybe Grizzly Adam can put it in the tips section)

    A normal fan (with blades slopped to the right when looking from the end) should spin clockwise to move air upward
    and counterclockwise to move air downwards
     
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    I think HD rock has one of the fans as Butcher said, below the equator where the terlet water spins backwards.
     
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    well I posted something about counterclockwise rotation a few pages back and fortunately HDrock called me on it - it was a complete brainfart from my standpoint as I typed and glanced at the fan from the couch, with a beer or two or three or...who the heck was counting for me?
     
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    I think I'll have some beers too:D:drunk::cheers:
    Anyway, I have a large ceiling fan in the stove room and it is tight to the ceiling, I think that makes it works really well blowing up on low, so I think it does make a difference whether or not your fan is tight to the ceiling or hanging low
     
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    Is that clock wise from the floor above or the floor below :D
     
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    I've removed myself from the pedestal of knowledge and never looked at the fan from a vaulted ceiling downwards upon my fans (pun intended)
     
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    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    I remember helping hubby on the blazers a few times, one above the engine under the hood, one under the truck, the righty tighty lefty loosy didn't work there either!
     
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    This is just my opinion, so don't anyone throw eggs at me! "It doesn't matter"! one direction your pulling the air up, one direction your pushing the air down. Thats like saying what way does the stuff in a blender chops! As long as your air is circulating your doing fine! As my ceiling fans go bad, I'm not replacing them, I'm putting lights back where they were. "I" have found that some simple pedestal fans work "MUCH" better, one in a corner of the room pointed up on an angle and it works fine. The nice thing is when they go bad they are easy to replace. I've been buying a fan from "Honeywell", very nice, quiet, oscillating, and seem to last a long time. They make many different fans and being around the shore where everything rusts, They are plastic and don't. :)
     
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  18. Grizzly Adam

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    I think it does make a difference depending on the season. You want to push down in the winter because a lot of heat is hanging out at the ceiling level. You want to do the opposite in the summer for the same reason.
     
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    Right! As I said, If you put the fan pointing "up" it will push the the warm air down and the cool air up, hence the mixing effect. I tried this in a room that has a ceiling and found no difference, you may just have to adjust the speed of the fan depending on the size, Volume has a lot to do with it also. But circulating air is the key.
     
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    The reason I asked was this fan in particular is about 3 ft from the ceiling, or head height for the room. 20150218_152323.jpg
     
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