A lot of homeowners take their ceiling fans for granted. Fans add decorative style to a room and circulate the air but otherwise just quietly do their job without anyone paying much attention. Learn, though, how your ceiling fan can help you feel cooler this summer and cut down your energy bill. This will only happen if you remember that reversing your ceiling fan blade rotation is necessary if you adjusted the blade rotation for winter operation last fall.
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Reversing Your Ceiling Fan Blade Rotation Will Make Your Home Feel Cooler
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014Your Ceiling Fans: The 3 Keys to Optimal Savings
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
If used wisely, ceiling fans can help save both energy and money in your Fresno area home. But do you know how to use them properly? For many homeowners, the answer is no. This is why we’ve compiled three key ceiling fan strategies to help you achieve energy savings in your home:
Did You Know A Ceiling Fan Can Help You Stay Comfy This Winter?
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
A ceiling fan has been standard equipment for hot weather since the 1800s. By circulating air downward in a room, they make rooms feel about four degrees cooler on summer days. However, the great majority of ceiling fans have a switch that reverses rotation of the fan, making them useful in winter, too. Instead of circulating air downwards, clockwise rotation in winter draws air up from below, blending it into warm air that naturally collects at the ceiling. The warmed air is driven out to the walls and then pushed back down into the room. This distributes heat more evenly around the room and reduces heat loss through the ceiling. A ceiling fan uses about as much electricity as a 100-watt light bulb but can cut energy consumption in a room 10 percent by allowing the furnace to run less often or at a lower level of operation. Fans can also be placed on the ceiling above stairwells to prevent heat migration from lower floors to upper floors in winter.