If the blades face the window screen the fan helps pull.
Fan placement to cool room.
Try to work with the prevailing wind direction for more cool air.
The sensation of air speed.
If you live in a single story home place all inward blowing fans on one side of your home and all outward blowing fans on the opposite side.
In this case you want to get the air in the room blowing on you.
Position the fan so that it points towards the opposite wall unobstructed by large objects.
If the room is cooler than outside close the door.
This will push the cooler air towards the wall where it ll bounce off the wall and back into the room mixing with the hotter air to eventually cool the room.
If they are the same temperature it won t matter.
The best place to put your fan to cool off according to science.
Place the box fan inside the house about 3 to 6 from the window facing outdoors and turn it up as high as it will go.
If the temperature is cooler outside the room blow the air into the room with the fan either in the doorway or just outside it to get the cooler air into the room.
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But if you have certain areas that you want to be sure to cool such as a desk area or bed you will need to position the angle of the fan coverage to that certain location.
Place your fan so that it faces the opposite wall from where most of the activity takes place in your space.
Box fans placed in or near windows can help draw in cool air from outside or pull warm air out of a room depending on how they are placed.
As the cold air comes in the temperature will drop.
However fan placement matters.
When your fan is facing out the window it blows hot air out of the room which his replaced by cold air from outside.
By placing the fan near the opening and not in the opening we increase the effectiveness of the fan considerably by creating a bit of a vortex.
Placing a fan in a room will disrupt that balance and can force the cooler air to go where you want it to be.
The placement of the fan is critical to the success of our plan.
If it s really hot you may like the fan to blow directly upon you.
A fan will not cool a room unless the outside temperature is cooer than the inside temperature and the fan used to move the cooler outside air into the room.