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I just noticed a little switch on my fan that makes it spin the other direction. This seems to lift the air up instead of blow it down? Why would anyone want this?
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quote: When used properly, these fans help reduce the energy we use to heat and cool our homes. In the winter, you can set the ceiling fan's direction of airflow to push warm air toward the floor, where it's cooled and drawn back to the furnace for re-heating. In the summer, change the fan direction to draw air upward, cooling rooms with a constant flow of air.
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I've always used mine backwards from the intended manner.
During the summer, I like the feeling the air being blown downwards. During the winter, I like to move the hot air around without feeling the breeze, so I flip the switch. I've learned to hate fans that don't have that options (like the ones at work)
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And here I thought this was going to be a question on, oh, perhaps starting a fan club for OSC. Or even Chris Bridges, perhaps. Or even, sigh, little ol' me. But this. . . this discussion of mechanical fans whose sole purpose to move air around disgusts me!
Please, can we start a fan club?
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We bought a fan once that said "manually reversible" on the box. The apparently meant you could pick it up and turn it 180 degrees if you wanted it to go the other direction. Being a kid and seeing what would happen if I flipped the reverse switch while the fan was going top speed... well, if I ever create my babyhungercure.org site, that will definitely be on it.
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