Heat Shifters?

[cbennie]

Hi folks and thanks for the warm welcome.

In reference to Barry's post:

The extension is not skillion - it's a pitched roof. In fact there is a '3 step' down to the extension. Hence the duct 'rises up' into the original part of the house. It is just past this rise (slightly more than 3 metres as per installation instructions) that the in-line fan sits. I thought this rise and positioning of the fan would be ideal - and as mentioned in my original post - there is definately plenty of air being pushed through to the rooms.

When you stand at the outlet (ie - on a ladder) you can feel the heat at the top of the ceiling. Maybe I'll have to try the more 'geeky' test for temp.

What would everyone's thoughts be on the ceiling fans? We have ceiling fans in all the bedrooms AND the room where the heater is. At the moment we run all the fans. Should I not have the fan on where the heater is as it may be pushing the hot air down and therefore decreasing the amount of hot air going into the duct? Should I leave the fans off in the bedrooms?

Chris

[Barry_White]

Hi folks and thanks for the warm welcome.

In reference to Barry's post:


What would everyone's thoughts be on the ceiling fans? We have ceiling fans in all the bedrooms AND the room where the heater is. At the moment we run all the fans. Should I not have the fan on where the heater is as it may be pushing the hot air down and therefore decreasing the amount of hot air going into the duct? Should I leave the fans off in the bedrooms?

Chris

I would leave the fan in the room where the heater is OFF. In the bedrooms they would help to push the heat lower down in the room but the fans need a winter/summer switch on them as the air needs to be pushed up to force the air at the ceiling down.