How Do I Reverse My Harbor Breeze Ceiling Fan?

• Instructions

You need to start by turning the fan off using the wall switch, the remote or the pull chain. Just ensure that it is not rotating and that it's not going to start rotating as you perform the work, as this could cause you some significant damage!

You then need to wait for the blades to stop completely, and only then should you continue. The next step would be to turn off the rotation switch that's found on the wire housing of the fan, and turn it to the opposite setting. This is easy to see, as it is simply a vertical slide switch that has two positions. Usually, the down position will make the fan blow downwards, whilst the upward position will cause the fan to create an updraft. You should do your own visual check on the rotation of the blades.

When the fan is rotating in the direction of the higher side of the blade tilt, then it will be blowing the air downwards. When the fan is rotating in the direction of the lower side of the blade then the fan will be sucking the air upwards and creating an updraft.

Once you've done all of this and positioned the blades in the position that you want, then you need to turn the fan back on using the same method you used to turn it off. The fan blades will begin to rotate in the opposite rotation. You should set the fan to lower speed with an updraft if you want to use the fan for heating.

• Ceiling fans

Ceiling fans are there to circulate the air in a room with a downdraft within a room or underneath an outdoor roof. Setting them to create upward circulation, however, means that the fan sends airflows down the sides of the walls. In theory, the updraft is able to aid heating so this is why you may want to turn around the blades.

I have a HarborBreeze 54-OR - no visible switches on the fan and no reverse switch on the wall-remote.  By switching from Off > Low > Off > High > Off, I then heard a click.  Switched to Low and saw that the fan reversed.  Tried again, this time I had to perform an extra High>Off than the original sequence before it reversed again.  So I'm not sure if my switching timing (a second or so) was a bit off, but it seems to be the proper sequence for my situation.  Hopefully it helps.

how do i reverse the blades so that i can hear the click and it reverses itself. I was able to do it once but cannot replicate. Please help I need to reverse for summer.

My Harbor Breeze Merrimack ceiling fan has the switch on top of the motor housing.  Lift the cap on top of the motor housing and it will be there.  This is the first fan I have ever seen to have it in this location but I'm sure its because it's an outdoor fan.  Makes sense now.  Drove me insane until I was able to find it.

I finally found the switch. It doesn't look or feel like a switch. It is a piece of rubber material that envelopes the switch. It doesn't go sideways as you would expect, but up and down. Why do they make things so difficult.  Good luck

There should be a switch on the side to reverse the fan

I have a harbor breeze blue fleur ceiling fan -how do I reverse it? There is no switch anywhere on the fan.

This model does not have a reverse switch.  It is all remote operated.

Some Harbor Breeze fans with remotes will reverse as follows: (1) Turn the fan on; (2) Press and hold the REV button; (3) While holding the REV button, press the LOW speed button several times slowly.  The fan will change speeds with each press of the LOW button, and on one press (the fourth when I did it), will slow to a stop, then reverse.

Some Harbor Breeze fans with remotes will reverse as follows: (1) Turn the fan on; (2) Press and hold the REV button; (3) While holding the REV button, press the LOW speed button several times slowly.  The fan will change speeds with each press of the LOW button, and on one press (the fourth when I did it), will slow to a stop, then reverse.

There is no switch on  the fan and no reverse bottom on the remote but the box it came in says that  the fan is reversible ,help,confused