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minus-squareFelis_Catus_Domesticus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agouse (ceiling) fans & turn the AC down. way down. heat rises. make the high ceilings work for you not against you. just like they did in the 1920’s.
minus-squarepoopkins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoHonest question: doesn’t a ceiling fan blow the hot air back down around the house?
minus-squareGiloron@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoYes, but more importantly they move the air around you. The air won’t be cooler, but will feel cooler. https://youtu.be/_KWdCqpXB7A
minus-squarephizuol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoThey are reversible so you can change the direction… which I should do right now!
use (ceiling) fans & turn the AC down. way down. heat rises. make the high ceilings work for you not against you. just like they did in the 1920’s.
Honest question: doesn’t a ceiling fan blow the hot air back down around the house?
Yes, but more importantly they move the air around you. The air won’t be cooler, but will feel cooler.
https://youtu.be/_KWdCqpXB7A
They are reversible so you can change the direction… which I should do right now!
logical fallacy…