Wood Stove Ceiling Fan Direction

Usually a wood stove fan is placed at the top of the stove.

Wood stove ceiling fan direction.

Winterizing ceiling fans simply means running ceiling fans in the winter in the opposite direction clockwise. It allows you to turn your thermostat up a few degrees. Fortunately in the summer we really don t need the fan blowing straight down as it isn t that hot. Turn the thermostat down to about 55 degrees.

This is the best ceiling fan direction for air conditioning since it makes the air feel cooler than it is. The base of the stove fan gets contact with the hot surface of the stove so heat will transfer from hot stove to the cold metal base of the stove fan. Since the air near the ceiling is warmer than the air near the floor of a room ceiling fans push the trapped warm air back down and circulate it evenly throughout the room. We heat with a wood stove and have the fan pulling upwards and spreading the heat down the walls.

I have been told and it seems reasonable to set the ceiling fan so it draws upward in winter when operating a stove if you want to circulate the air better. The surface of a wood stove becomes very hot when it is running in full speed. We have a large open room where the wood stove is that connects with the kitchen and eating area and this heats the whole house this way. If your home has a wood stove plus a forced air system for backup you can run only the fans on the backup system.

A fan set to move clockwise opposite the ceiling fan direction in summer and run on low speed creates an updraft. A ceiling fan should rotate counterclockwise in the summer so the blades push cooler air down in a column. Pybbo wood stove double motors fan small size 8 blades fireplace silent heat powered eco stove fan for gas pellet wood log burning stoves with thermometer 3 3 out of 5 stars 75 51 99 51.