eli5: If hot air rises and cool air falls, why are we told to have our ceiling fans blow up in the winter and down in the summer? Wouldn’t it make more sense to pull the air in the opposite direction it naturally goes to help it circulate?

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eli5: If hot air rises and cool air falls, why are we told to have our ceiling fans blow up in the winter and down in the summer? Wouldn’t it make more sense to pull the air in the opposite direction it naturally goes to help it circulate?

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Answer 1

When you’re hot you sweat, even a little bit. THe air blowing on your skin feel cool. In the winter you want the cool air lifted off the ground and the hot air pushed down to the ground wo having a breeze directly on you.