Fans should spin counterclockwise in the summer. The counterclockwise rotation pushes cool air down, while clockwise rotation can be used at a low speed in the winter to pull cool air up and push warmer air down.
Keep in mind, though, that ceiling fans don't actually cool rooms—they just create a breeze that has a wind chill effect, making you feel cooler. So you can turn the fan off if nobody's home.
In summer, I prefer to have the fan set to blow air downward. The air movement onto your skin helps to cool you. In winter I prefer to have it blow upward, which circulates the heat away from it's collection point which is always up. (Heat rises) This also does not usually cause direct air movement contact with the people below-hence not creating the cooling effect that you would want in the summer, but instead spreading the heat around the room and away from the ceiling.
During the summer you want the fan to blow air straight down, so your ceiling fan needs to run in a counter clockwise direction as you look up at it. The warmer it is, the higher the speed should be.
You want to run a ceiling fan counter-clockwise during the summer. This will move air around the room, speeding up evaporation of sweat on your skin and thus decreasing the apparent temperature, making you feel cooler.
Remember the switch position like this:
Summer: the sun comes UP
Winter: the snow falls DOWN
I am not sure if all fan blades are curved the same way but you want you fan to push air down in the summer and pull it up in the winter.
Air movement down in the summer time and up in the winter time.
It should spin counterclock-wise. But depending on which way the wind is going, it can also go counterclock-wise.
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Clockwise direction
Depends on how the blades are angled. In winter, you want it to blow the warm air off the ceiling, to the floor. In summer, you want it to pull the cool air upwards.
A ceiling fan should blow downwards when used with cooling, upward when used with heating.
There should be a small slide switch on the fan. Turn it off and let it stop then move the slide switch then restart it and it should go in the other direction. If you are smart enough to ask a question on answers.com you should be smart enough to change the direction of a ceiling fan!
For summer use, the airflow should go down directly from the fan to the floor. For winter use it should pull the air from the floor towards the ceiling so it flows across the ceiling and around the room. So as to whether it should be clock-wise or counter clock-wise, that would depend on the angle of your blades. It's best to just stand under it when it's on. In the summer you should feel the air blowing on you from the fan and in the winter you shouldn't.
In winter, fan should blow down,heat rises,get it back. In summer ,fan should blow up for a 2 story vaulted ceiling,to circulate air but not blow down hot air.On a one story in summer it can blow either,but it's a prefference.Up is ok,but down you get a lower cool index feeling.
Counter Clockwise. Push air down (down position on most fans)
A dirty or old ceiling fan pull chain switch.
The direction that would cause the air movement to circulate up toward the ceiling instead of down. Usually counterclockwise looking from the floor up. That way the heat hanging on the ceiling will be recirculated down the living area without causing an uncomfortable cold breeze.
The best and cheapest place to purchase a ceiling fan is Wal-Mart. They are cheap cost wise but they do seem to last. If you want an outdoor ceiling fan, go with your local hardware store such as Lowes or Home Depot.
A downfall of having a black ceiling fan would be it the room was a color that didn't match with black. For example if you had a girls room and the room was painted pink but the ceiling fan was black then it would not go very well with the room.
One can find a guide on cleaning a ceiling fan on a website such as Homes Guide and Apartment Therapy - which has specific instructions on cleaning ceiling fans. One can also go to a tutorial website such as eHow which has information on cleaning ceiling fans with pictures.
You did not change the switch to make it go counterclockwise,