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Yes – a ceiling fan can make you warmer.

Let me explain – in the summer when you’re hot you turn the fan on high and blast the air down to cool off. That’s easy to understand. However, just about everybody also knows that hot air rises. Last I checked we’re are closer to the floor – not the ceiling. So all that warmer air is doing nothing for us – unless we move it. That’s where the ceiling fan comes into play

2 things to do first:

1. Turn the fan rotation so it blows up. (look for a small switch on the side of the motor unit just under the part where the blades connect to the fan. Make sure that the fan is off when you flip it!)
2. Set the fan to run at the lowest speed it can.

The fan should now be pulling air up toward the ceiling – and as a result pushing the warmer air down along the walls of the room.

A few well placed ceiling fans (say in a bedroom)  being used this way may allow you to reduce the temperature you set your home at overnight. Try it out and knock down your entire homes temperature overnight by an extra degree or two. You won’t notice the change in the bedroom and you’ll be sagving a lot more in natural gas costs than you’ll spend on electricity.