Ceiling Fan Direction

What direction should your ceiling fan spin in the winter vs. the summer? Here are the answers. For more information, visit www.handymanoflasvegas.com. Please "Subscribe" and comment below!
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[@patriciathomas9694]

Thank you. By actually showing the movement of the fans clockwise and counter clockwise, I could actually understand the directions. Best explanation yet!

[@MikeKlimek]

Thank you Patricia. I’m glad it helped!

[@solymarzerep7101]

I agree, out 5 videos this one made sense, thanks!!!

[@TJ-ic2ri]

Right!!!!

[@calebellison9082]

Can we all take a moment to be disappointed in ourselves that we had to KZbin this

[@MikeKlimek]

OK that's pretty funny!

[@RandomInterwebzGuy]

XD

[@fb510m]

only shows the the manufactures do a poor job with their directions. a few sentences about this in the directions would have gone a long way. Mike is smart to make this video, and we are as well for watching it.

[@jend8759]

Lol

[@donavinmansfield7090]

Yesssir

[@dh3930]

I’ve been in this house for three years with my ceiling fan doing the opposite of what I wanted. Thanks for the video!

[@MikeKlimek]

You’re welcome!

[@cecemeyers6028]

Best explanation of all these “which way” ceiling fan videos. I just had to look at the blades of my fan and see. Thanks.

[@MikeKlimek]

Welcome CeCe!

[@perrysaunders777]

I like the way you present the information clearly so people can understand, without trying to be funny or cool. You're a good teacher.

[@MikeKlimek]

Thank you!

[@trv360]

I searched for "One Direction" and "fan" but this is exemplary and helped my girlfriend and I

[@myksingh]

Great

[@txt5220]

This has changed my life, thank you

[@512markdd]

I love this video. I watch it every time I move into a new place to make sure all the ceiling fans are correct!

[@celinaelizondo9904]

I just recently got a new apartment. I LOVE these tips and little house hold lessons. thanx buddy!😆

[@jeanschmidt8319]

Your videos was a great help to me. I have read so many directions saying clockwise or counter clockwise that I was totally confused ! Then I found your video and I actually saw you turn on the fan and which way the blades started turning. Then I saw my fan blades went the same direction and I finally knew it was right. Thank you so much! I am no longer confused ! GODBLESS YOU for having the hind sight to know some people need to see something rather than read it! !

[@franciscod339]

for me your explanation is very clear, with a good English. I learned how to set up the fan and a little bit English also. great video. thanks

[@HyperMogwai]

Thank you! The explanation of the blades moving the air was extremely helpful! :)

[@CandianRose]

Thank you. This presentation - yourself and, at the same time, seeing the fan - works!

[@fiery.mercaba]

Mike Klimek, thank you very much for the explanation regarding ceiling fan direction appropriate for summer & the direction of the same that is appropriate for winter! Very much appreciated! A/C currently out since yesterday, so now heavily relying on ceiling fans, hopefully for no later than tomorrow!

[@tarheel4214]

Thank You Very Much for making and putting this video up! The visual you provided is exactly what I needed because, as you said, "which way is clockwise" when you're looking at it depends on your perspective. Confusing! I have 10' vaulted ceilings in a very large room and noticed an immediate positive difference in effect when I set the dual ceiling fans in the proper direction. Thank You Again!

[@rodneyjackson622]

This is something I like to know, thank you for sharing this information. It's were very helpful.

[@maggiemay5010]

Thanks. Showing the movement of the blades helped so much!!!

[@MikeKlimek]

You're welcome! Glad it helped!

[@clarilopez104]

Wow... this whole time my fan was going the wrong way for summer. I watched this video and change the direction and what a big difference. THANK YOU

[@MikeKlimek]

You’re welcome! Stay cool this summer!

[@reallife828]

You fine as hell.

[@Budder1252]

reallife828 you thirsty as hell

[@davidarruda8400]

@@reallife828 *S I M P*

[@Me-bl5zp]

Thanks it was very very helpful. Thanks for taking time to explain.

[@draco9291]

I can’t believe I just found this out. This would’ve BEEN SO HELPFUL WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO ARIZONA 15 YEARS AGO!!

[@MikeKlimek]

Better late than never!

[@bretth8342]

You the man. Got the fan on medium counter-clockwise. Amazing coolness. The dumbest question is the one you don’t ask about. 👍

[@sergeantscumbag2116]

straight to the point and easy to understand thank you

[@williamrobert8762]

Great video, you explain it well. I think that in rooms with high ceilings (15-25 feet ) hot air is best to stay up there. The cooling effect of the circulating air in the summer is nice. To bring too much of the trapped hot air into the air conditioning is just a waste. Often rooms with ceilings this high have window which allow sunlight which brings in addition heat. As you stated the benefit of the fan is the circulating of the air. You feel cooler. In the winter you want to bring the warm air down but not blow on you.

[@lawrencedelong9748]

A great and simple explanation video for a ceiling fan, including the fan speed for summer and winter. OH YEA !

[@MikeKlimek]

Thank you!

[@richardatthegate]

Why is there 265 downvotes? His info is completely correct.

[@MetroNewsNet]

Great advice, Mike! Thank you so much.

[@odnick]

Im glad someone is out there to explain such questions. Thanx

[@SKaaz-te5yu]

So helpful--the diagrams are so confusing! The video and explanation made things perfectly clear.Thx!

[@MikeKlimek]

You're Welcome!

[@kylemc8851]

Perfect vid, thank you!

[@dianerunyan1320]

Yayyyyyy! Finally!!! So many people I have asked, have giving me different answers. I SO appreciate the the RIGHT Answer! Thank you so very much.

[@47naranjo]

Quite helpful. Thank you. The visual is important for clarifying the perspective of clockwise or counterclockwise.

[@MikeKlimek]

Glad it helped!

[@Suitedup1111]

Awesome, thank you for confirming & expanding the information. And the video helped put it all together.

[@mmandc300]

Nice job, this video finally helped us figure this out.

[@Libratarot]

Very well explained THANK YOU.

[@ContinuousmotionTV]

Great video!!! Thank you!!

[@gordonjames01]

Some thought - 1. Either way will move air from ceiling to floor either by pushing it up (at the center) and around to the walls (and down the walls) or by pushing it down (at the center) and then it has to go up the walls to refill the relative vacuum above the fan. 2. The speed matters more than the direction for total air flow, but the direction can be used to change where in the room the uncomfortable spots are. 3. The shape and size of the room, and the placement of the fan will have a large effect on comfort and air flow. Try both directions, measure your results, let us know your opinion. 4. Doors, windows, heat sources and vents will also influence your experience.

[@SA-qx7fx]

Hadn't thought about those variables So what you're saying is, it really depends on where the user is situated in the room If you're sitting near the walls, perhaps on a couch against the wall and you don't feel anything because of the summer setting then reverse the blade direction to the Winter Setting even though it's the summer since you'll feel whatever output is blowing out of your vent since you're closer to the walls Versus a bedroom where a person is laying flat making the orientation of your body in the middle of the room in a bed and you want to feel the wind going down on your whole body you would put it to Summer Setting

[@lindachica78]

Very good and simple explanation. Thank for clarifying the clockwise vs counterclockwise depending on how you're looking at the fan (if from below up at cieling or if as if looking down at it) (-:

[@pineapplesunkist537]

Which is th same

[@margareth8352]

Best explanation I’ve heard! Thank you sir for taking the time to demonstrate.

[@MikeKlimek]

Welcome!

[@MrDavonwalker]

The o ly video that made sense to me. Tha k you so much! I'm glad you actually showed a demonstration while you were explaining everything!

[@MikeKlimek]

My Pleasure!

[@welcometofarleyville]

Thanks googled this and your video was the most helpful.

[@Maribelrodriguezlacantante]

Best explanation ever !! Thanks

[@littleminute2]

Thank you Mike it is very clear now.

[@vallenatal]

thank you so much, good video

[@johndyck5011]

Very well explain thanks for the video

[@Smarpet]

Thanks... Clear good explanation!!! That's all i was looking for....

[@TheFrndlyghost]

Easiest way I've found to determine airflow direction is with soap bubbles. Stand under your ceiling fan and relive your childhood, lol. The bubbles will float in whatever direction the air is flowing. So if you want air to descend, the bubbles should be pretty much hitting the floor. If you want it to rise, the bubbles should be, well, rising. If you're "directionally challenged" like me, this should help!

[@MikeKlimek]

That's a great tip! Thank you!

[@imHippisummer]

great tip for a person that still can't tell "right" from "left"...!! (especially when it's spinning)! lol

[@TheFrndlyghost]

I'm mildly dyslexic, so I had to get creative :)

[@HankTheTank23]

@@TheFrndlyghost How does dyslexia influence determining left and right? I thought it only applied to reading.

[@NiteLiterr]

Well done...you saved yourself at the end in regards to fan speed. Pushing the heat off the ceiling should be done gently on a low speed.

[@elizabethharper9208]

~Thanks so much Mike!

[@ARHaddon]

Thank you.....for years I've trying to figure which direction the blades should go.

[@jesusdiedforthisurl]

Thanks for the video!

[@stavrosseetaram5079]

Am I the only one that thinks he sounds like Mathew Broderick, A.K.A Ferris bueller, and they both smart and explain and show how it’s done, I like this video, lol

[@MikeKlimek]

Bueller? Bueller?

[@12345678941020]

in the summer time you want the air to move up to the ceiling as cold air is heavier and needs to be picked up. in the winter time you want to blow the air down as hot air rises and you want that air to blow down. ( only if a/c is operating does this works)

[@munsh4able]

This is what exactly was looking for, easy and clear. Thanks

[@MikeKlimek]

Welcome!

[@bratty2207]

My god, just had a 45 min debate at my in laws but thanks to this video I'm a lot clearer, thanks!!! 🤯🤯🤯😂😂😂

[@MikeKlimek]

You're Welcome!-I hope you won some money from the in-laws!

[@MikeKlimek]

Glad to help!

[@kdm28]

Thank you for explaining the concept by involving the pitch of the blades. Most explanations using CW CCW directions never say if you're looking from the bottom or over the top for reference.

[@MikeKlimek]

Your'e Welcome!

[@ddawson4958]

Good video. Keep it simple, forget clockwise/counterclockwise. If you want the fan to blow more air down onto you, look at the blades. You want the high end of the blade going into the air flow/direction of the motor (so that would be leading high-side edge into the wind), which pushes the air down from the lower end of the blade being in the back of the airflow direction. Picture your hand out a car window while tilting it.

[@flewggle]

Perfect. Nice, short and answered my question.

[@MikeKlimek]

Sweet-glad it helped you!

[@MichaelMacosa]

Thanks Mike!

[@karolaclark]

Thank you so much.'I'm German and this was very good to understand.

[@luke6331]

thank you for finally explaining the confusion why im getting conflating instructions on which way to go!

[@MikeKlimek]

You're Welcome!

[@JoJo-kn4cv]

THANX FOR DOING THIS VIDEO...I NEED THE VISUAL TO MAKE SURE!!!!

[@nashr5519]

Thank you, really short and simple 🤗

[@MikeKlimek]

Glad you liked it!

[@Rlnthndr]

@TheCouxterbug thats sortof right. I always have my fans on forward even in the winter. I love the breeze it gives me. But my vents are on the ceiling so its actually pumping both the cold air and in the winter, the warm air down. But even when the vents are on the floor. Your going to feel cooler having air blown on you. Think about it, a breeze in 100 degree temps feels pretty good right. Well a ceiling fan does the same thing on the inside. But he is absolutely right for normal conditions

[@FlowerChyld43]

Oh, Myyy Jaunette... soo many words for a Visual Person... but I will Try to apply it. thank you So much for reaching out!! 🙆

[@carsonberg2468]

Thank god for this vid my room used to be so hot

[@sundimeng5054]

You know. this has got to be the best explanation i've ever come accross. every single word you said was essential. it wasn't 20 minutes long, with 18 minutes of BS. it was 2 minutes long, with everything revolving the title of this video. I hope you make lots of videos, and i am SURE you will be successful doing youtube videos.

[@gob40]

An explanation in the style of Richard Feynman....simple and understandable.

[@MikeKlimek]

Glad it helped!

[@darmarferi]

thank u!

[@CC-xl1hk]

Clockwise is winter .. warm air down

[@MikeKlimek]

You want to move the warm air off of the ceiling and move it down into the living space

[@bbqwhaaat]

What a great guy!

[@piirand]

Thanks!

[@TomC.156]

So, when EVERYONE says "counterclockwise" during summer (Google it), it really means "clockwise", as you look up at it from the floor. Got it. Thanks to the OP for showing the direction. Amazing how virtually everyone else makes this confusing.

[@MikeKlimek]

Glad to help!

[@Imtortured]

This made total sense. Thank you. :o)

[@louturks23]

Thank you

[@josejorgeromero6813]

Thank you very much. You saved the day!! I was about to call the electrician that installed it to change the direction of the air flow! Shame on me!!

[@MikeKlimek]

LOL! Glad to help!

[@CaliforniaKevman]

Well. I have two fans, and it's not clockwise or counter-clockwise since they are opposite. It's about the blades; do they cut up (rotate with the higher side gong first) or cut down? Cut up for cooling, cut down for warming.

[@aliceranger8681]

Thank you for posting this video. Your video is the best by far. You are a very good teacher, I am a new subscriber.

[@MikeKlimek]

Thank you!

[@thihal123]

It also depends on preference. My husband doesn't like the downdraft whether summer or winter so the blades are always pushing the air up, regardless of season.

[@richardloller7013]

Thank you. Simple as pie once you know how.

[@Skycop4FW]

Excellant!

[@GrizDrummer25]

thank you! no wonder my rooms been the hot-spot in the house all summer, lol

[@scarlettoholly490]

Thank you! My son & I argue about this, and we're going to let you decide (per your explanation) how we set the fans going forward. Thanks for brokering peace & comfort in my home! I do wish you had spelled out - for us dummies - that switch "UP^"=WINTER=Clockwise and "DOWNv"=SUMMER=Counterclockwise because my son is 16; even if we agree on something, he'll argue against me cos I can't be right. Ever. But I definitely appreciated the fan speed recommendation; I've never heard that before and it really does make a difference!

[@MikeKlimek]

Settling arguments is a lot of pressure, but glad it worked out! Glad to help you Scarlett!

[@TJ-ic2ri]

Thank you for sharing it the easy way

[@MikeKlimek]

Welcome!

[@Alex_Hopar]

Cool

[@carexpertandy]

Wow, you looked so much like Jeopardy super champ Matt Amodio during this time!

[@MikeKlimek]

LOL! It would be nice to have his money!

[@elscarface1]

thanks

[@thomasfenton4009]

Helpful video. Thanks. But the question you asked but didn’t answer is whether clockwise and counterclockwise are from below (looking up) or from above (as if looking from the ceiling down).

[@MikeKlimek]

On this ceiling fan it is as if you are above looking down due to how the blades are angled. This will hold true for most fans, although if there is a manufacturer that angles the blades opposite of this, the direction would be reversed. Just remember this: in the summer, you want the air pushing down into the room.

[@savedbyhisbloodjc1708]

For some reason when I have my ceiling fan in the living room pushing down in the summertime, it gets noticeably hotter, but when I reverse it, the room gets noticeable cooler, though, I do notice a bunch of heat coming from where the ceiling fan was installed. But it also gets really hot in my room at night, and when I have the ceiling fan sucking up the air verses pushing down the air, my room gets several degrees cooler. I have also heard it depends on where your vents are located (ceiling or wall verses floor)

[@MikeKlimek]

This is all about wind chill. Maybe when you first turn the fan on it pushes the warm air off the ceiling initially until it starts circulating? It would be interesting to see what a thermostat would read during this and after it has been running. The temperature shouldn't change, but it should feel cooler.

[@scelzisays]

I tried having our fans turning clockwise in winter & found that we could NOT walk around our house bare foot because all the warm air was being pulled up. I switched to counter clockwise & feel the heat more evenly in the room. Another thing I found that was with having the warm air pulled up, we seem to be losing more warm air through the attic & roof. How do I know this? The snow on our roof is melting too fast & we now have ice cycles as long as 4 feet long hanging off out gutters! I'm just waiting for the gutters to be ripped off the roof from the weight! I'm sure better insulation would help but since we only rent, I'm not going to worry about. We're only here temporarily.

[@TheTurbogus]

So, just like any desk fan or box fan have the air moving at you for cooling sensation. Seems simple enough, but thanks for the clarification!

[@nimmnolld]

I know of a study in which two small buildings were heated and cooled inside a large warehouse and the exact costs were measured. With ceiling fans operating in the lifting (upward) condition, the actual savings on cooling was twenty-six percent, and the savings on heating was six percent. The difference in pleasantness and poisonousness was easily registered to the experimenters who are familiar with nitrosamines and houme gases and contaminants, and this should be easily demonstrated to all.

[@larrykuehn1457]

I use my bedroom ceiling fan all year along.I live in an one bedroom apartment in a duplex apartment.What direction do you think it should spin in the spring and fall?

[@Thevendorshow]

Once again I'm watching this video every season. When will I learn...

[@MikeKlimek]

LOL!

[@Tsch6373]

The counter clockwise and clockwise directions are nice, I suppose all fans operate the same way. But I look at the blade pitch to determine which way the fan turns, using your explanation of the winter/summer thing. Thank you for confirming what I already knew. My fan is turning in the correct direction...

[@rosiecrazybone]

C.f./ jmopt

[@Tsch6373]

Rose Blair ?

[@cesarpaez364]

Very helpful ty

[@MikeKlimek]

Your'e welcome! Glad it helped

[@kskufan]

so im still confused. ..and if not for the comments i would still be wondering hmmm

[@carolkimball3593]

Yes thanks

[@lynnb1176]

Ahhh.... thank-you. Triple digit heat today, I'm all better now! ;D

[@MikeKlimek]

Whew!-Stay cool!

[@MikeKlimek]

The unit will is located where the ceiling fan mounts to the ceiling. You will need to remove the cover and you can access it there. It tucks in the bracket that holds the fan to the box in the ceiing. Try replacing the battery in the remote first, and if that doesn't work you may be faced with replacing the remote unit. It should cost around $25.00 from any home center.