Ceiling Fans Direction Switch

You can remember it easily by thinking the switch direction indicates the direction the air will flow you want it blowing down in the summer and blowing up the winter.

Ceiling fans direction switch.

You will most likely need a ladder to reach it. Nearly all modern ceiling fans can be adjusted to rotate in the direction of your choice. You will most likely need a ladder to reach it. Most have either a visible switch on the base of the fan or an external control like a fan remote with different settings for direction and speed.

Flip it to reverse the direction of the fan to blow the air either up or down as needed. Located on the motor of most fan units just above the blades will be a switch. Installing a ceiling fan with remote control or a ceiling fan switch makes it much easier to control the ceiling fan operation. Most types of ceiling fans have a switch on the motor that lets you change the direction by sliding it one way or the other.

If your fan doesn t have a switch on the motor the direction reverse may be handled in a different way such as a button on the fan s remote control. Many remotes offering fan direction changes at the tap of a button. If you don t have a ceiling fan remote or wall switch ceiling fans have a reverse switch on the motor housing. The toggle switch on the body of the fan is typically wired so that vertical switches are up for winter clockwise motion and down for summer counter clockwise motion.