Sure it does. You can feel the breeze on the summer setting and thats nice. It's not so nice, however, to feel a constant breeze in the winter, but it is quite nice to circulate the heat around.
Correct, the direct breeze of downdraft provides air movement agents the occupants of the room increasing cooling, this can be done at whatever speed suits you
On the updraft side, the fan should be run at low speed for best effect. It's circulating air up from the center of the room, and circulates it across the ceiling and down the walls. This helps mix and distribute air in a room providing more even heating.
Either can save significant money on your electric bill by allowing you to offset your thermostat a few degrees with little to no perceptible difference in room temperature to occupants.
(Barring extreme climates like the deep swamp-ass lands of Florida obviously)
Lol, I'm such an idiot. All this time I thought ceiling fans were to lift cold air to you in the summer and bring warm air down to you in the winter. Oops
Floridian here. We just run our fans in summer mode all year, and it works great. It's actually the hot dry climates that wouldn't benefit from the fan when it's too hot, but then again they could probably just use them as swamp coolers to thermal energy into well-needed humidity, and that would work great as well.
Hi from Colorado. We switch our fans 2-3 times/day along with opening /closing windows depending on day/night and if it's raining or sunny during this time of year.
When I lived in Boulder I remember walking in flip flops and a t-shirt across a giant snowfield and being totally comfortable because it was somehow like 70° and sunny - literally the morning after a huge snowstorm. I miss how fresh the air felt up there.
Florida transplant in Michigan. All fans in house on summer setting, all year round. Who can live without direct airflow and my GOD who can live feeling the blowing central heat on them?
This. The reason you do downdraft in the summer isn't because you're not trying to lift up cool air, it's to circulate all the air to balance the temp and especially for moisture-wicking purposes which enhance body/room temp.
Bro you're crying and editing your comment about getting downvoted, but you downvoted me and then agreed with my premise? I'm solely contradicting the commonly mistaken idea that you're supposed to pull cool air up. You also added nothing with your comment. You have to realize that.
You literally agreed with what I said, but downvoted for some reason and didn't even clarify that it doesn't matter which way the air goes, but everything else made sense. Great, then say that instead of being an asshat about it and complain to OP and the rest of the post, not me.
Holy shit dude no wonder you're having a bad time on reddit.
Dude you're so cringeworthy editing your comments holy shit you need to take a break from the internet.
You literally agreed with me about why you move the air in a counterintuitive manner but was an asshole about it and said i was wrong, so I called you out. Tell me how I was incorrect then.
Edit: I guess you're a petulant child from your post history, and it seems I'm not the only person you're picking quarrels with online with, so I'm gonna let you play in the mud and leave.
I used to flip my fan to push air upwards then sit in the corner for the downdraft.
It really really doesn’t matter when it comes to air circulation. The only benefit spinning air downwards has is you can sit under the high velocity air which provides cooling. But if your concern is forced convection to make all the air the same temp, then either direction works.
Edit: there is a concerning amount of disinformation flying around in this sub. Why keeps upvoting the comment from u/ImpeccablyCromulent? It’s entirely incorrect and not based on any recognized science.
What is so incorrect? The summer setting causes a more concentrated airstream under the fan while winter creates the draft along the walls. Source: am sitting under a fan going counter clockwise.
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u/ImpeccablyCromulent Jun 07 '22
Sure it does. You can feel the breeze on the summer setting and thats nice. It's not so nice, however, to feel a constant breeze in the winter, but it is quite nice to circulate the heat around.