John,
Anyone's Electricity in USA for a 1500 watt 36" x 36" Fir Sauna, for
warm up time of 30 minutes and use time of 30 minutes is less than $0 .22.
( 22 cents) mine is .11 cents. Double that for New York at 14.31 per KWh
1500 watts x 1 hour divided by 1000+KWh (kilo watt hour) x cost of KWh of
elec. = .07 per hour in Nebraska USA, without my fire wood, wood burner,
solar energy, ceiling fans, R 60 in ceilings,10 ceilings, baseboard heat, but
I have I do have 1,700 tons of sand in my basement area. But that sand or
my 1500 sq. of decking does nothing to make the price of a KWh from OPPD
cost less in Nebraska. I think Nebraska is colder than New York. You can buy
a sauna on e-bay for $1,000 delivered. So for $40.00 I can use everyday of
the year for 30 minutes a day to get detoxed.
Marty
In a message dated 1/24/2010 10:26:10 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Lisa:
My Sunlight Sauna runs off 120 house power. My total total electric and
gas bill runs about $143.00 in the coldest of NY winters. Basically because
I have a passive solar heated home with a wood stove back-up which warmly
purrs day and night from late November until late March. It costs me about
$500.00 a year for wood - not pellets - I fear they may rise in price and
I can always cut and split wood... I have a furnace back-up, too, but
never use it. I used to when I had to be out of town for a week or two years
ago. I can't imagine my Sauna costs much more than a dollar or two every
time I use it - maybe less. I bought my passive solar heated house about 20
years ago - because I feared where energy prices may be headed. I'm also
contemplating putting in a "wind -mill" to offset the electrical prices.
I've got the plans for building it - I just haven't implemented that yet.
My post and beam custom designed home with 12 foot ceilings (I'm somewhat
claustrophobic...) is insulated extremely well. 36 R in all the walls and
40 R in the ceilings. The DR and LR ceilings are knotty pine with
rotating fans for air cirulation. There is a main ozonated air cleaner in the
LR
and DR and individual air cleaners in every other room. I find
breathingtclean air to be very relevant... Ha... Ha...
There's 150 tons of extremely fine Australian sand in my basement that
absorbs heat over the summer and through thousands of feet of tubing running
through the sand. feeds the heat back through floor vents with a fan system
in the winter - if I choose to use it. It's a very cozy home with a
digital office, kitchen, DR, LR, a full wet darkroom, my musical recording
studio, master BR, a downstairs bathroom and a full bathroom upstairs. All
the
floors are either hardwood (oak) or ceramic tile (Kitchen, Bathrooms and the
darkroom).
I have a 1000 square foot deck (my summer living room...) where I have a
large colloidal silver water treated (non-chlorine and non-bromine) hot tub
and where my Sauna is located.
My deck is outfitted with all Teak deck furniture which I purchased many,
many years ago. It doesn't need to be removed in the winter. It takes
the weather super well and just turns a soft, beautiful gray color with the
weather. I've had the same canvas table umbrella for at least 15 years. I
don't like replacing things. I'm not a "disposable" believer. I like
things that last. I still have a 1967 Nikon F that works super well...
John
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Lisa <[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected]) > wrote:
Hi John,
What’s it cost to run (depending upon your electric cost per kwh of
course).
Thx.
Lisa
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From: John E. Stevens [mailto:[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected]) ]
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:10 PM
To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
Subject: Re: CS>CS > OFF TOPIC FIR SAUNAS
I have a Sunlight Sauna, a far infrared and it hits about 147 degrees F
(even in the dead of winter...) which pulls a lot of toxins out of my body.
Mine is on my deck outside, but it could be set-up inside, too. It runs
off 120 house power. I've noticed it's also helped to steadily keep my blood
pressure around 120/74 to 120/70 - which is lower than it was before I
owned the Sauna. I use it about 2 - 3 times a week for a half hour each
time. I've been using it for a little over three years and I personally
recommend it. My blood/sugar always has been alright so I can't comment on
that.
But as far sweating poisons out - you betcha'.
John
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 5:17 PM, <[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected]) > wrote:
Do FIR sauna help control blood sugar levels? I recall a member who writes
about saunas benefits. Thanks marty
