Ceiling fan air circulation.

 
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Post by McGiever » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 9:36 pm

scalabro wrote:
Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 9:24 pm
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The ceiling fans in the aircraft hangar at work blow down and you can feel the heat when you stand below them. When you stand to the side you feel cold air.

Like I said using “up” logic radiators would be mounted on the ceiling 🤯

Next someone will post that hot air balloons should sink.....
I fail to see where any of the above logic has any thing at all to do with someone's ceiling fan on a 8" ceiling in their living room.


Apples to Oranges :P


 
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Post by scalabro » Tue. Dec. 11, 2018 5:29 am

McGiever wrote:
Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 9:36 pm
I fail to see where any of the above logic has any thing at all to do with someone's ceiling fan on a 8" ceiling in their living room.


Apples to Oranges :P


And therein lies the problem.

 
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Post by ASea » Tue. Dec. 11, 2018 10:35 am

I have an 8' ceiling, pushing the current across the ceiling seems to be working well. I love the directions these threads take. I like the Chubby and will keep the installation. Ive been hemming and hawing these past few years about a boiler. Ive decided to go with a stoker installed with the oil as backup. I wont have to worry as much about pushing the heat around the house. Though the Chubby with the blower on does a fair job of heating the whole house until we get below zero.

Thanks for the input.

 
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Post by warminmn » Tue. Dec. 11, 2018 11:14 am

I have mine set to blow down. know Ive tried it the other way before but I'll switch it again and see what I think. Its likely how chimney/stove setups are with no two being the same.

 
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Post by McGiever » Tue. Dec. 11, 2018 4:27 pm

WM, Wish I'd of said that in the first reply. :what:

 
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Post by Vonda » Thu. Dec. 13, 2018 10:25 pm

I turned mine on slow going clockwise and it did a great job of moving the warm air into the front of house.

 
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Post by wilder11354 » Thu. Dec. 13, 2018 11:35 pm

run my ceiling fan blowing down. baseboard heaters draft air from bottom to top to work. fan blows warm air down, plus it pushes out to walls, to put more flow in baseboards bases to put out more heat, which rises on outside walls.


 
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Post by warminmn » Fri. Dec. 14, 2018 7:32 am

So I played with it the last couple days. When I have it blowing down my floor is warmer (wood) in that room. I dont really notice any windchill like was mentioned but my room might be (probably is) warmer than others. I watched my thermometer in an ajoining room and noticed no difference, switching it an hour or two at a time. (there is a drop down house support between the rooms) So I guess i see no real difference but like my floor warmer so I'll leave it blowing down. My ceiling is close to 9' I think.

Sorry McG, I must not have noticed your 2nd paragraph before typing my last reply or I was just agreeing. Im not always good at online etiquette.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Jun. 13, 2019 7:08 am

Using a handheld infrared gun, it should be very easy to see which fan draft direction works best for your situation by taking readings of floor, walls, and items in the room such as table tops. That would take the guess work out of it.

The price of many models of those "heat guns" has come way down.

And it has many other uses. Checking to see how well and evenly walls and attics are insulated. How hot is the stove pipe and nearby areas really getting. And pets love to chaise the red laser pointer. :D

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Post by ASea » Wed. Aug. 14, 2019 10:27 am

Sunny Boy wrote:
Thu. Jun. 13, 2019 7:08 am
Using a handheld infrared gun, it should be very easy to see which fan draft direction works best for your situation by taking readings of floor, walls, and items in the room such as table tops. That would take the guess work out of it.

The price of many models of those "heat guns" has come way down.

And it has many other uses. Checking to see how well and evenly walls and attics are insulated. How hot is the stove pipe and nearby areas really getting. And pets love to chaise the red laser pointer. :D

Paul
Great suggestion! Ill have to take a ride to Harbor Freight.

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Post by Pacowy » Wed. Aug. 14, 2019 11:29 am

I would be surprised if you could measure a temperature difference. AFAIK the downward fan direction enhances "evaporative cooling" (i.e., sweat evaporating from your skin), pretty much like a natural breeze, even though it moves warmer air downward from the ceiling. The upward fan direction produces the same downward movement of warmer air with zero or minimal breeze or evaporative cooling effect, esp. if a low fan speed is used. Either way the infrared thermometer should measure basically the same surface temp for any inanimate object (that doesn't sweat).

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Post by McGiever » Wed. Aug. 14, 2019 11:46 am

I have here a Casa Blanca fan that has been running non-stop for nearly 40 years now...only paused briefly for the seasonal rotational reversals of direction and some dusting.
I bought it new and now I hear it is a sought after Collectors Item. :o

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Aug. 14, 2019 1:03 pm

Damn M, I think I'm becoming a collectors item!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

 
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Post by Pacowy » Wed. Aug. 14, 2019 1:26 pm

Fred his Collector's Item is only 40 years old. I think, like some of us, you may already have graduated to Museum Piece status.

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Post by McGiever » Wed. Aug. 14, 2019 1:30 pm

;) There are young and old everywhere...


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