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Ceiling Fans - Do You Have One/Like It ??

cbrite — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:22:37 GMT

My interior gets so hot. I was thinking about putting in a ceiling fan. I heard they can 'pull up' the warm/hot air to cool things...

Thought I'd ask before doing it. Do they work ? TIA

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elizabethl123 — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:26:23 GMT

i have 2 fans one in my kitchen area the other in the dinette where we eat they do wonders i put the ac on in the kitchen then make the 2 fans blow down nice andcool in winter i do the same pulls the hot air down both have 3 speeds

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GingerPeach — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:30:07 GMT

Maybe you're thinking of a whole house fan, @cbrite? These are different in that they vent to the outside and reportedly work very well to help remove hotter interior air in summer. (I don't have one now but am hoping my next house will.)

Regular ceiling fans (with no outside vent) may have a switch that allows the rotation to switch directions. One direction pulls air up and the other pushes it down. For summer, counter-clockwise so the air is pushed down. Vice versa in winter.

I have one fan in my kitchen that only blows down so I use it to great effect in summer. I have another upstairs that rotates in either direction but since I'm hardly ever up there, I couldn't tell you from personal experience whether it does what it's supposed to in winter. The normal heater works well so I don't have use for that fan (which was there when I bought the house).

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ItsME — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:31:28 GMT

Yes! I have them all over my house. I keep the house on the warmer side in the summer .... 78-79. When I'm feeling too warm, I just turn a fan on, and I'm comfortable. (just a note... if I'm expecting company I'll drop the temperature down a degree or two to make sure that they are comfortable! And also use the ceiling fans.)

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grandma2pkmh — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:32:31 GMT

@cbriteI love mine. I have one in the living room and one in my bedroom. I don't think I could sleep without it. Like the circulation.

The one in my bedroom has been running continuously for 15 years.

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riley1 — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:39:38 GMT

@cbrite - If you are speaking of regular ceiling fans, I have one in every room of my house. I run them all year - you just have to remember to switch the direction it goes for winter or summer.

If you are talking about a whole house fan, I had one in my former house. You can run them, however, if it is hot & humid outside, it will bring in hot moist air. If you are in an area where it cools down at night, a whole house fan can make your house comfortable.

You have to remember, the more windows you have open, the less breeze you will feel. If you have a sliding door, it will take a breeze away from a window.

Hope this helps - Riley1

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SilleeMee — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:54:09 GMT

Yes, I have two ceiling fans. Bedroom and living room. Plus, I have a fan like this in my ceiling that I turn on at night during the summer while my windows are open and that brings in cool air from the open windows and draws out the hot air through the attic. Between the two kinds of fans, my house is very comfortable year-round.

Whole house ceiling exhaust fan

In addition to this interior exhaust fan, I had a roof-top attic fan installed and that removes hot air from my attic space, keeping the heat from accumulating up there. That one is on a automatic thermostat so it doesn't run all the time, only when it gets hot up there. The temperature on the thermostat is adjustable.

Roof-top exhaust fan: (takes hot air out of the attic space only, about 24" diameter)

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Snowpuppy — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:51:48 GMT

I have a Hunter 5 blade with a light kit in my dining room. It does have the switch to reverse the blades and I can turn off the lights, just run fan or lights alone.

I spent the $ on a Hunter for the quiet motor. Also consider if you want it operated from a wall switch.

Get a good electrical fan box for your ceiling. Only a few bucks extra to make sure the fan is supported.

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fthunt — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:08:34 GMT

One ceiling fan in the master bedroom to cool it off at night. A/C works great but fan mixes it up. Recommend all the fans you can afford.

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Zhills — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:14:40 GMT

I have one in every room except baths. The one in my LR/DR combo has been running 24/7 for 20 years!

I use the ones in the other rooms as needed. The AC guy said that running the fans keeps the air mixed so you don't have cool and hot spots in a house. They make the AC more efficient! That's a plus in FL.

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AuntG — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:16:39 GMT

We have them in several rooms. Just the basic 5 blade ones from Home Depot. The previous owner had one in the garage which baffles me. You would not regret having a ceiling fan to circulate the air.

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Graydoxiechick — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:17:28 GMT

Just put two in each bedroom, love them, wondering what took me so long

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beach-mom — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:26:18 GMT

@cbrite - We too have them in every room - almost. They are in our bedrooms, family room, and sunroom. We had them installed when we moved in because we were used to having them. Today it was 97 here. We have the windows open and the fans on and we're very comfortable. As others here have said, we have the ones that reverse in the winter. Our family room is two stories high. With the gas stove on and the fan going blowing the warm air down, we can warm the entire area. We have ours on almost all of the time. They are great - and they look so pretty. When I taught in Japan, I visited Hong Kong. We ate at a restaurant in the hills that had ceiling fans on the front porch eating area. I felt like I was living in the 1800's! I think you will love having one - or more!

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Catty2 — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:35:37 GMT

I have a ceiling fan in each bedroom, and one in the living room and dining room. The house already had them when I bought it. They do a great job of keeping the air circulating. I live in the Southwest which is very hot this time of year and wouldn't be without them. I keep my bedroom fan on low all night and it keeps the room comfortable in between the A/C kicking on.

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151949 — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:39:54 GMT

We have 5 ceiling fans. One in each bedroom , one in the living room and one out on the lanai. The fan in our bedroom runs continuosly, the one in the living room most of the time. Rarely use the one outside on the lanai, and when we have company I suppose they use the one in the guest room.

They are very effective to help keep the house cool in the summer and they help pull down the warm air from the ceilings in the winter. Definitely a good investment. In the bedrooms we simply have white ones with a globe light on the bottom, on the lanai is one made for outside with a light that resembles a ship's lantern and the one in our living room has a night light that shines up onto the ceiling. We use that nice soft light almost every night.

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Abrowneyegirl — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:21:16 GMT

We have a few but I find keeping the tops of the blades clean to be a pain. If the top gets dusty and the fan is turned on my allergies go through the roof.

I also find that fans with lights create a flicker shadow that gives me a headache.

My 2 rules

Do not turn on the fans unless clean

Ceiling fan lights must be off if the fan is on

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KCFoxy — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:34:05 GMT

We absolutely love ours and save money on electric bills as well as circulating air year round. Power company explained it would keep us 4 degrees cooler in Summer (90-110 here in Central Cali!) and 3 or 4 degrees warmer in Winter.

Besides making 78 degree setting fell like 74 in hot months, the 66 degree Winter setting feels like a balmy 69...63 with bedtime set back. Our AC and heating unit are less stressed and the fans double as light sources and help our 3 fur dog kiddos feel much more comfy as well.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:46:11 GMT

I have them in all rooms except bathrooms. The one in the living room & master bedroom both have remotes so I can control them. I turn it up/down quiet a bit while sleeping.

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Desertdi — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:48:18 GMT

They are a "must" in Southern Arizona. I only use mine in the summer months, tho.

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ScrapHappy — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:50:33 GMT

Yes, they work. We had a 3 bedroom home in California and installed a ceiling fan in each. I now live in GA and every bedroom (5) has a ceiling fan as does the family room and basement.