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Ceiling Fans have Warm Weather and Cool Weather Switches

mozbar

mozbar

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Feb 20, 2018
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Most ceiling fans I've seen only have one switch. And that's solely reserved for speed.
 
Addleburg

Addleburg

The Fallen
Nov 16, 2017
5,062
Yep, I knew about this. And in all the apartments I've lived in since knowing this, my fan switch has always been set to the "cool" setting, so I never touch it. I'm usually already running the furnace during the colder months anyway, so I don't fuck with changing it the other way.
 
Syriel

Syriel

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Dec 13, 2017
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Red said:
Do you know many millennials building homes from scratch? How would they ever have the opportunity to read a ceiling fan instruction manual?
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I've never built a home from scratch. I knew about this as a kid. It's why the blades are angled. One direction blows down, the other blows up.

videodrome said:
Knew about this, but I have to google the direction to swap every time the seasons change.
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Summer = blows down.
Winter = blows up.
 
Ehoavash

Ehoavash

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Oct 28, 2017
7,232
I wish my cielling fan had labels for the switch, Im.always confused on which way is winter and which way is summer
 
BDS

BDS

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Oct 25, 2017
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This is only a vaguely related question but the air in my apartment feels really dry lately despite the humidity of summer. My eyes have been watering a lot, which causes the skin around the edges of my eyes to dry out and turn red. I got a humidity monitor and it says the humidity in my apartment is consistently around 35-45% which is considered normal. I do run ceiling fans, air conditioning, and other fans a lot, and I tried turning them all off and using a humidifier, which sort of helped, but it's weird that I have to go through all this when it's 90 degrees outside and like 75% humidity. Is this related to my fan and air conditioner settings?
 
wisdom0wl

wisdom0wl

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
7,856
Y'know. I knew this, but I'm not gonna get on people that didn't considering I didn't know that a pony isn't just a baby horse lmao
 
HiLife

HiLife

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Oct 25, 2017
39,621
I know fans spin in different directions but all I see is a light switch on the wall that flicks up and down or a little cable you pull on the fan to manually turn on the light while keeping the fan running.
 
Surakian

Surakian

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Oct 27, 2017
10,817
OH MY GOD. I just climbed up to my fan and found the switch. It was on reverse so I switched it to forward and it is soooo much cooler now.
 
nded

nded

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Nov 14, 2017
10,559
They have them in the Philippines which is strange since there's no such thing as cold weather there.
 
Afrikan

Afrikan

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Oct 28, 2017
16,968
There's a SWITCH???? O_o

Edit- Holy Shit mine's has the switch!!!!!!
 
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ascii42

ascii42

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Oct 25, 2017
5,798
BDS said:
This is only a vaguely related question but the air in my apartment feels really dry lately despite the humidity of summer. My eyes have been watering a lot, which causes the skin around the edges of my eyes to dry out and turn red. I got a humidity monitor and it says the humidity in my apartment is consistently around 35-45% which is considered normal. I do run ceiling fans, air conditioning, and other fans a lot, and I tried turning them all off and using a humidifier, which sort of helped, but it's weird that I have to go through all this when it's 90 degrees outside and like 75% humidity. Is this related to my fan and air conditioner settings?
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Air conditioners do dehumidify the air.
 
Antrax

Antrax

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Oct 25, 2017
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BDS said:
This is only a vaguely related question but the air in my apartment feels really dry lately despite the humidity of summer. My eyes have been watering a lot, which causes the skin around the edges of my eyes to dry out and turn red. I got a humidity monitor and it says the humidity in my apartment is consistently around 35-45% which is considered normal. I do run ceiling fans, air conditioning, and other fans a lot, and I tried turning them all off and using a humidifier, which sort of helped, but it's weird that I have to go through all this when it's 90 degrees outside and like 75% humidity. Is this related to my fan and air conditioner settings?
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ascii42 said:
Air conditioners do dehumidify the air.
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Yeah I'm guessing it's your AC, BDS
 
Jedi2016

Jedi2016

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Oct 27, 2017
15,617
I live in a pretty hot climate, so in the winter I typically just turn it off rather than run it in "cold weather" mode.
 

Ashhong

Member
Oct 26, 2017
16,593
I shouldn't be surprised that some people don't know something. But this is such a basic function, Jesus Christ. The fact that it somehow went viral just upsets me.

That being said, "cold weather" mode has always felt like a waste of electricity to me. I just don't use it.
 
CatAssTrophy

CatAssTrophy

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Dec 4, 2017
7,609
Texas
Make sure you wipe the dust off the blades if you're going to switch it. I used to forget to do this and it throws big dust bunnies all around the room and HOORAY you have to clean everything in the room now.

Also: if your room is really small, like if you're in an efficiency or in a tiny bedroom with only enough room for your bed, you might as well just leave it in hot weather (blowing down) mode since it won't make much difference. Also depends on how the place is cooled and the constructions etc but it shouldn't matter much.

My bedroom is super tiny and has no windows, but also has no door because it's technically a "studio" even though it has 4 walls. I just leave it on down mode all year and I'm fine.
 
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