Low Profile Ceiling Fan: For All Seasons
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Do you remember the movie “Casablanca” and that famous scene with the ceiling fan hanging down? Can you imagine how popular it must have made ceiling fans when it first came out? Well movie or not over six decades later the rage is still on. Although style and elegance play a very important part these days, the major portion of interest is their capability of being an efficient way to cool, circulate air and save energy.
For people who have lower than normal ceilings in any room the answer to their situation is simple, buy a low profile ceiling fan. Depending upon preferences you can acquire one in any style, design or format. Nowadays there is a ceiling fan for everyone.
The majority of low mounted ceiling fans are calculated by their blade extension, with the average being three to five blades, ranging anywhere from 36 inch to 42 inches.
The standard ceiling fans are fifty two inch five-bladed fans for rooms 400 square feet, 44 inch fans for up to 225 square feet, 42 inch for 144 square feet, leaving a low profile ceiling fan with 36 inch blades appropriate for 100 square feet or under.
In the summer and autumn seasons a low profile fan will significantly reduce your air-conditioning costs and still cool you off. The better the air movement is, the cooler you will feel. Mix both ceiling fan and air conditioner and you will have a greater effect. Your home may not really be cooler but by adding a ceiling fan the motion of the air will make you body feel cooler and while your putting all that heat on ice, you’re lowering your electric costs.
During the cold winter and damp spring ceiling fans need not stop revolving. For this period of time saving energy costs are feasible just by reversing blade direction from the usual counterclockwise to clockwise which compels the air to rise.
Setting your low profile fan at the lowest possible speed will assist in pulling the warm ceiling air down allowing the heat to circulate eliminating any chilly or drafty feelings.
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Did you know? Given the same amount of time, the cost of a mounted ceiling fan operating at its fullest capacity will be identical as a lit one hundred watt incandescent bulb.