>             I read an article of using ceiling fans in the winter to
> help hold down energy costs.  As most of us already knew/know, using the
> fan in *reverse* pushes the warm air from the ceiling to the floor
> (reverse just avoids the cooling effect of the air blowing on you as it
> does in the summer).  What surprised me in the article was that they
> suggested you turn the fan off when you're not at home.  While I agree
> that you should turn the fan off if you're not at home in the summer
> (because no one is there to fill the wind chill effect from the moving
> air), I question this wisdom for the winter months.  After all, the only
> reason you're saving energy is because your heater is running less when
> the fan is pushing the upper warm air to the lower portions of the room,
> so isn't this still the case even if you're not at home?

Read question #5, although some of the others are humorous...

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Mark W.

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