Perhaps they're assuming you'll also turn the thermostat down when you leave
your house.  Not only is the fan not running, but the thermostat doesn't
care that the air is cold at mid-level.

Just a guess, though.

Dave


On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:17:05PM -0600, Ray Shahan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
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> 
>             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?
> 
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> TIA
> 
>  
> 
> Raymond Shahan
> 
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