How to Run Ceiling Fans in Winter

You probably use your ceiling fans extensively during the summer months to move air and cool your home. The same principles that enable a ceiling fan to cool a home in the summer will also help circulate warm air and reduce heating expenses during the winter. If you use your ceiling fans with the fan blades rotating in the opposite direction, the ceiling fans will pull air up to the ceiling where warm air collects. This will push the warmer air back down where you will more readily feel it.

Things You'll Need

• Stepladder

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Turn the fan off and wait until the blades stop spinning.

   • 2

     Find the switch on your ceiling fan that will change the fan blade direction. Slide or push the switch to change the fan blade direction. Stand on a stepladder to reach the ceiling fan.

   • 3

     Turn the fan on and set it at the lowest setting.

   • 4

     Leave the fan on as long as you are in the room. When you leave the room, turn the fan off.