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stevehull · 02-09-16, 07:14 AM

VERY nice data!

For me, running fans in the winter, make me feel colder. This likely the result of enhancing skin evaporation with more dry air and loss of the boundary layer. Yes, you may circulate a couple degrees of "warmer" air from the ceiling, but I have long felt that it is NOT worth it.

Summer seems quite different. Despite the fan now adding hotter air, the air movement cooling effect is far more effective.

For me, I do not use my ceiling fans in winter and do use them in summer.

Steve

02-09-16, 07:14 AM	#3
stevehull Steve Hull Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: hilly, tree covered Arcadia, OK USA Posts: 826 Thanks: 241 Thanked 165 Times in 123 Posts	VERY nice data! For me, running fans in the winter, make me feel colder. This likely the result of enhancing skin evaporation with more dry air and loss of the boundary layer. Yes, you may circulate a couple degrees of "warmer" air from the ceiling, but I have long felt that it is NOT worth it. Summer seems quite different. Despite the fan now adding hotter air, the air movement cooling effect is far more effective. For me, I do not use my ceiling fans in winter and do use them in summer. Steve __________________ consulting on geothermal heating/cooling & rational energy use since 1990