hi all! i know the typical wisdom is to spin your ceiling fan counter-clockwise in the summer, which will create a breeze on the occupants, and drive the cooler air on the floor outwards and upwards, to aid in cooling the upper part of the room. but in my ~26'x28' combination kitchen/dining area, with a vaulted ceiling, ~16' high peak across the center of the room, i am not certain this is the best idea. there's one fan centrally located in the room at the ceiling peak, ~13' from the floor. and the supply registers are all on the floor, at the perimeter. and, i don't want to spin the fan at its fast speed, as i have parrots that are not caged, and i don't want to take the chance of hurting them. (and the few times that i have spun the fan fast, to experiment, you can't really feel it that much, due to its height.) so i am thinking that, in this situation, it's simply better to have it spinning clockwise, slowly; to help move the air, and draw the cooler air upwards. other factors: - there's one 12"x12" return register centered on one of the walls below the peak, also at ~13' high. - there are two 20"x20" returns in the hallway, that this space connects to; one at the floor, the other at the ceiling. i typically have the floor return closed in the summer, and the ceiling return closed in the winter. this room was an add-on, before i moved in, don't hassle me about supply registers only on the floor, etc. ;) any comments/suggestions/etc. are greatly welcomed. thanks! doug s.

I have a question about understanding what I should see with an installed contactor. I have a single pole switched unit in my Ruud. Across the terminals on the input side (with disconnect pulled out) I see an open circuit as expected, but on the output side I do not see an open circuit across those terminals. Am I supposed to see a non-open circuit across these points?