A simple question I hae forgotten the answer to: In the summer, which

[schmuls]

direction are ceiling fans supposed to rotate? Thank you!

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Blow down in the summer and up in the winter

The summer time is when you want the breeze. Blowing up in the winter circulates the warmer air by the ceiling without a breeze being felt.

[schmuls]

2. Makes sense, but which way is which? I don't think I'll be able to

tell by just standing under the fan if it is blowing down or up (?) so again my question: clock-wise or counter-clockwise?

[NMDemDist2]

3. sure you can tell

and "forward" (counter clockwise) blows down and "reverse" (clockwise) blows up

however.....

The terms clockwise and counter clockwise are not used (or should not be used) as they're rendered meaningless because different factories may use an opposite angle on the blade and spin the fan the other direction around. The forward direction blows down, and the reverse direction blows toward the ceiling, to tell which direction its going, stand under it and you will feel a breeze in the forward direction, if you don't feel the breeze in either direction, buy a better fan.

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