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Floor Clock

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How do you tell if a ceiling fan is turning clockwise?

Seriously. When you are determining if a ceiling fan is turning clockwise, do you picture a clock with its face toward the floor or a clock with its face toward the ceiling? Surprisingly, most people I ask say they picture a clock with its face up toward the ceiling. This seems completely wrong to me.

The question is important (well, kind of) because ceiling fan instructions say the fan should be turning clockwise in one season versus another to cool the room properly.
When you answer, please say why it is the correct answer. I need proof for the clock face down non-believers!

You would picture a clock with its face toward the floor. Then if you have the fan running in its slowest mode, you can watch the fan blades and see if they turn clockwise (the same direction the hands of a clock turn) or counterclockwise (the opposite direction the hands of a clock turn).

It would have to be considered 'face-down' because the best way to tell if something is turning in a certain direction is to look at it head-on. It wouldn't be 'head-on' if you had to consider it as facing the ceiling.




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