Should the direction of my fan be counter clockwise when I want to reverse it in the winter?

Did you press and hold the reverse button while the fan was rotating? According to the manual, the fan needs to be on (blades rotating) to use the reverse button on the full-feature remote. Press and hold the button for 3+ seconds until you hear a faint click. The blade motion should reverse. The manual is available on the product page here: https://www.minkagroup.net/f519l-wh.html. The current link is https://www.minkagroup.net/images/instruction-manuals/F519L-English--1538524654.pdf .

If that doesn't work, I have to ask if the receiver unit is correctly installed and if the remote is the original one for the fan. You may need to check if the transmitter has had the frequency setting changed to avoid interference. This could mean that the previous owner had multiple fans and provided the wrong remote with your current fan. See the section on the second page of the trouble-shooting section for adjusting the transmitter frequency and pairing the remote to the new frequency.

I hope this helps. Fan and remote still won't communicate then I'm not sure how to diagnose which one is at fault.


Cindy Wells

fan blades are designed to move air in one direction only
if you want a unit to reverse the air flow then reverse the installation of the whole unit or get the correct unit for the job

That question cannot be answered as stated. What direction is backwards and what is the pitch of the blades.

The theory now mostly dis-proven is you pull the hot air off the cealing in the winter to help warm the home. The opposit is valid in the summer. The amount of energy used is normally more then what is saved in the AC bill.

Might need a new receiver. Blades should go counter clockwise in summer.

Clockwise on high for Summer. Counter Clockwise on slowest speed for Winter, to get the heat off the ceiling. A good way to remember which direction it should go from season to season , is by the directional switch on the side of the fan.. Switch Up for Winter. Switch Down for Summer.

Hope this helped you. Please let me know. Thanks.

Up for summer And DOWN for Winter is best

In the winter you would want the fan turningclockwise and on most ceiling fans it is in the up position. and in the summer you want it in the down position running counter clockwise creating a wind chill effect.

Winter mode pulls air up, summer pushes down (so you can feel it better) -Carl

There is a small black switch on the switch housing directly under the blades. When the fan is completely off, move the switch to the opposite direction.

Did you hit the reverse direction switch located on the upper fan body. Upward direction is for winter as it blows up toward the ceiling pushing rising heat out towards walls and down to floor. Downward direction sucks heat off ceiling (summer months) and pushes cooler air that is on the ground toward the ceiling, thus giving a cooler airflow. You do know that there is a little black switch up there, right?