Debunk popular myths about ceiling fans. Learn how to get the most out of your fan with proper use and maintenance in this informative guide.
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It might be chilly right now, but before we know it, spring and then summer will be here, and with the season changes, warmer temperatures.

When the heat rises, many of us turn to ceiling fans. These underrated and under appreciated machines don?t tend to get so much acknowledgment for how much they can help in a home. 

There are also lots of myths about them that continue to abound. Here are some that need busting ASAP. 

1. Myth: Ceiling Fans Cool the Areas They?re In

One of the biggest misconceptions that does the rounds about ceiling fans is that they cool the areas they?re installed in.
Now, while using these appliances makes you feel less hot, they technically don?t cool a room because they don?t have any systems to remove thermal energy from the room. 

What they do is move hot air around and blow air over our skin. They don?t change a room?s overall temperature, but they can help to even out the temperature in it by getting rid of pockets of warmer air.

Whenever moved air passes over your skin, thanks to ceiling fans, the insulating layer of warm air that was sitting against your skin gets taken away. The body responds by releasing more heat which is also blown away by the fan, and our bodies thus cool do...