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garfunkel11 Sep 2016 21:22Can someone tell me when ceiling fans make sense to use and when they don’t?
My large living area is 55m² (592 ft²). The ceiling height is lowest near the windows at about 2.3m (7.5 ft), around 3.3m (10.8 ft) in the middle, and just under 4m (13 ft) up to the ridge beam. These are fairly generous ceiling heights, and since warm air naturally rises, I have to heat a lot to keep the space warm.
I was thinking about installing ceiling fans to push the warm air that’s trapped near the ceiling back down. Of course, the fans should also help with cooling in summer.
Personally, I only know about regular standing fans, which are quite noisy and produce an airflow that I find unpleasant when it blows directly on you.
Since the room is shaped like an “L,” I’m considering 3 fans. The three areas would then be about 18m² (194 ft²) each. This way, each section—living, dining, and kitchen—would have its own fan. Would that make sense?
Do you notice an air draft from the fans, or do you hear them running?
How do you size the fans correctly?
What power consumption should I expect?
Basically, I think the fan would mostly run at the lowest setting. Especially in winter, it’s just about circulating the air.
However, I don’t want to feel any air drafts. For example, if I come out of the shower naked and lie on the couch and fall asleep—which I wouldn’t want to wake up sick from, to put it in a more extreme way.
It should simply not feel like you’re sitting in a drafty spot.
I hope someone here knows more about this.
My large living area is 55m² (592 ft²). The ceiling height is lowest near the windows at about 2.3m (7.5 ft), around 3.3m (10.8 ft) in the middle, and just under 4m (13 ft) up to the ridge beam. These are fairly generous ceiling heights, and since warm air naturally rises, I have to heat a lot to keep the space warm.
I was thinking about installing ceiling fans to push the warm air that’s trapped near the ceiling back down. Of course, the fans should also help with cooling in summer.
Personally, I only know about regular standing fans, which are quite noisy and produce an airflow that I find unpleasant when it blows directly on you.
Since the room is shaped like an “L,” I’m considering 3 fans. The three areas would then be about 18m² (194 ft²) each. This way, each section—living, dining, and kitchen—would have its own fan. Would that make sense?
Do you notice an air draft from the fans, or do you hear them running?
How do you size the fans correctly?
What power consumption should I expect?
Basically, I think the fan would mostly run at the lowest setting. Especially in winter, it’s just about circulating the air.
However, I don’t want to feel any air drafts. For example, if I come out of the shower naked and lie on the couch and fall asleep—which I wouldn’t want to wake up sick from, to put it in a more extreme way.
It should simply not feel like you’re sitting in a drafty spot.
I hope someone here knows more about this.
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toxicmolotof11 Sep 2016 21:39Good question... I'll join in even though I only have standard 2.5m (8 ft) ceilings. But we also once considered this above the couch in summer.
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garfunkel3 Oct 2016 21:49I am currently considering a ceiling fan, but I would like to control it based on the temperature. It seems that such solutions are not commonly available as standard. Usually, there are only some unattractive industrial options, which I don’t want to install in the living space. I also want to avoid building a control system myself.
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