Ceiling fan air circulation.

 
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Post by ASea » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 1:33 pm

My house is a ranch around 1800sqft. I have my Coal Chubby rear vent with a blower installed in front of the fireplace. It heats the living room up quick,it also does a fair job of blowing the heat around the house as well. I'm wondering if I should be running the ceiling fan to push soem of the excess heat out of the room, and which direction I should have it blowing the air? Up or down? Thanks!


 
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Post by McGiever » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 1:44 pm

Winter time direction is UP to allow air movement to be curling back downward along the walls.

Fast is NOT good...Slow and Steady :)

 
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Post by Bob500 » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 2:35 pm

I have my Chubby set up in a small room off my kitchen in a Cape Cod style house. It's not the best location but I am very limited in space. I use ceiling fans on low all winter. It helps here.

 
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Post by Vonda » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 2:49 pm

McGiever wrote:
Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 1:44 pm
Winter time direction is UP to allow air movement to be curling back downward along the walls.

Fast is NOT good...Slow and Steady :)
Is up clockwise or counterclockwise and the fan be located in the same room as stove?

 
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Post by McNair » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 2:56 pm

Up is clockwise.

 
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Post by scalabro » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 3:49 pm

Lots of debate on this I bet.... I’d push the hot air down if it were my house. I prefer the hot air on the floor not the ceiling.

 
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Post by titleist1 » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 3:54 pm

McNair wrote:
Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 2:56 pm
Up is clockwise.
Is that clockwise as you are looking up at it from the floor....
or down at it from the ceiling!!?? :what:

I'm just filling in.....Fred's not here to be asking these type questions!!!
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Post by Odyknuck » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 4:15 pm

scalabro, Pushing the air towards the ceiling allows the air to come down the walls where it is needed most and eliminates the drafty room. BTW The heat is pushed to the flow in both directions.

 
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Post by scalabro » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 4:37 pm

Odyknuck wrote:
Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 4:15 pm
scalabro, Pushing the air towards the ceiling allows the air to come down the walls where it is needed most and eliminates the drafty room. BTW The heat is pushed to the flow in both directions.
You are 100% correct sir. The warm air on the ceiling gets pushed down the walls and cools off sending cool air to the floor, which causes the hot air on the floor to rise to the ceiling.

Under the “up” theory baseboard radiators should be on the ceiling with fans to blow the warm air down😜

The reality is neither direction is all that desirable.
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Post by D-frost » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 4:39 pm

I say, "Depends"
If it's a 7'6", or an 8' ceiling-UP- forcing heat back down.
If it's a 16' cathedral ceiling(with the fan way up there)-DOWN- like Scalabro mentioned.
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Post by scalabro » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 4:50 pm

Good point D. However the same principle applies to both scenarios.
I think in the case of a ranch style house, the OP should do what member TCALO did with his fan forced distribution ducts in his attic. Ranch houses really lend themselves to this kind of setup.

 
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Post by D-frost » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 4:55 pm

Scalabro,
I agree-the attic ductwork is the best distribution for a ranch.

 
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Post by Lightning » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 5:12 pm

I've tried both directions several times for periods of days. I've come to the conclusion that the ceiling fan blowing downward makes my living room the most comfortable. But mine might be an exception to the rule. I use its lowest setting.

 
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Post by McGiever » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 9:08 pm

Any dry air blowing across human's skin is called "wind chill"...if your ceiling air is 100* fan blowing down on people may skate by...if ceiling air is dry and 85* people will then experience "wind chill" so then you will need to get that ceiling air up to a wasteful 100* so you to can follow others results or... just reverse the fan to blow up and curl back down at the walls and miss the humans...it all depends.

 
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Post by scalabro » Mon. Dec. 10, 2018 9:24 pm

...

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.....


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