1/34 This started out as a much shorter thread about a related topic, but Something Happened and now it's a #LifeHack #instructional thread on keeping your house comfortable and saving #money and the #environment, through the magic of air movement. It's also timely, what with it being the start of the northern-hemisphere summer and southern-hemisphere winter.
10/34 You're probably familiar with a typical "standard" #CeilingFan -- commonly from brands like Hampton Bay and similar.
Small, entry-level models will have total diameters of 44 inches or smaller. They come with stamped plywood blades, which are cheap to make, but which are inefficient at moving air because the unoptimized blade shape -- i.e., flat -- creates too much turbulence, wasting energy. It also creates more #noise.