ceiling fans

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celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 7 May

If you have ceiling fans in rooms of your home you might be interested in this bit of info: In the winter the ceiling should be ran clockwise to insure hot air is pushed down. In the summer months you'll want it running counter...

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Strange Weather

jaishankar @Shivram59 (50131) • India 30 Apr

We have been witnessing strange fluctuations in temperature these days. Yesterday the temperature was very high. It was over 45 C here. Roads were empty. Shops were shut, because there were no customers. At 9 p.m. we had a...

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An interesting jigsaw and we now have ceiling fans

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Jan 24

We had workmen arrive a few days ago and they put fans in four of our rooms – two bedrooms, the office and the lounge. We have air-conditioning but sometimes a fan would be enough to cool us down enough. The one in our bedroom has...

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An increased silence - say what???

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Nov 23

Those that should know are saying Western Australia is up for a hot summer this year. Because of this, we are looking into putting ceiling fans in some of our rooms. With the price of them, plus installation, it might only be in...

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Are you ready for Monday?

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 17 Sep 23

I am not totally ready for Monday, but it is coming anyway. The oddities of this week are Monday, we have a vision and hearing screening. They always try with my student. There are machines that can check some parts of it...

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There are always dishes and laundry

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 17 Sep 23

I need to go do some dishes. There are sheets that need to be dried as well. I am going to chop some apples to put into the cole slaw mix to go with our ribs. Hubby is napping. I do not know if he would enjoy apples in slaw or...

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July 5 - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 5 Jul 20

It's been a very hot day here. I'm thankful for ceiling fans. Tomorrow I'm having maintenance come and take the cover off my A/C. I can't deal with this heat too much longer. I want snowflakes NOW. I'm thankful I got my...

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The ceiling fans as savior

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49753) • India 26 Jul 18

When I had gone to UK and US, I found washing machines with driers inbuilt into them. However this is not the norm in India. We hang out our clothes to dry on ropes or stands. You might think that we would face difficulties in...

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Cleaning Tip- Ceiling Fans

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 5 May 18

With Spring here that means Spring cleaning. Here is a great tip to help make things a bit easier. I always made a mess whenever I cleaned my ceiling fans with a feather duster. The dirt, grime, and dust just fell on the...

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Are you a fan of ceiling fans?

Pat Z Anthony @PatZAnthony (14749) • Charlotte, North Carolina 25 Jul 16

Some of us can really live without too much air conditioning if we have ceiling fans that work well. Why wouldn't a ceiling fan work well? Not sure, but some of our friends have complained theirs don't always work as expected, so...

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Fans

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 7 Aug 12

I know many people live in areas where its hot now. We moved last year to an area where its about 20 degrees warmer all the time and the fans are on a lot. My question is how do you cool your place? Do you have an air conditioner,...

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Why am I cleaning my ceiling fans?

jillhill @jillhill (37353) • United States 18 Jul 10

I am getting company..my daughter and her family from New York. I have been busy spiffing up the place but last night when I started doing my ceiling fans I wondered why was I worried about cleaning them...after all on one is...

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How do you stay cool in the summer.

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 5 Jun 10

With it now getting alot hotter every day i find it hard to keep cool.Even though there is alot of shade in the garden it is still too hot.We have ceiling fans in the house, but they do not seem to help much.

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Are you cold or hot?

Shar19 @Shar19 (8236) • United States 21 Jan 09

As I'm sitting here my fingers are very cold. I'm downstairs in the office and it is always cold down here. I usually put a sweater on when I come down to do some typing. I'm not really a person who is always cold but in the...

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Back Home Again.... FINALLY!!

CatsandDogs @CatsandDogs (13963) • United States 9 Dec 08

Hubby and I got back last night around 11pm and we're dogged butt tired!! My hands are so dry from all the cleaning. My nephew really did a job on my parent’s house. It was an absolute pig sty! Hell, a pig is cleaner than that!!...

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Ceiling fans

shymurl @shymurl (2765) • United States 22 Nov 08

How many ceiling fans are in your house?? How often do you clean them?? I have two in the living room. One in the dining room. and one in each of the bedrooms. So I have six ceiling fans all together. They collect dust very...

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5 lo-cost ways to go green at home

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 21 Oct 08

1. "if just 10 homeowners replaced their older appliances with EnergyStar®-qualified ones, it would be equivalent to planting 1.7 million new acres of trees." 2. "Turning down the thermostat in cold weather and inching it up...

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Wondering If My Letters Had The Effect

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 9 Oct 08

Many discussions ago I was complaining how high my electric bill had gone up. You have to realize I live in a studio apartment, during the summer I only had ONE fan going..I have NO air-conditioning. I turn lights out when I'm not...

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How much was your electric/entergy bill?

icyorchid @icyorchid (2564) • United States 23 Aug 08

Well, I can tell you, I was ok with the bills at the trailer, they ranged to about $150 a month during the summer, so it was no big deal when we moved and received the total bill for there, it was $319! I paid $120 that I was...

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Do you use ceiling fans at home?

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 22 Aug 08

I have always had a ceiling fan in every room of every house I have stayed in. My bedroom has an additional air-conditioner which i use when its really hot. In India schools and colleges and a lot of offices have ceiling fans....

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