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 <blacksa...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi John, > > > > What’s it cost to run (depending upon your electric cost per kwh of > course). > > > > Thx. > > > > Lisa > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* John E. Stevens [mailto:jonellis.steven...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:10 PM > *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com > *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, <martsmai...@aol.com> wrote: > > Do FIR sauna help control blood sugar levels? I recall a member who writes > about saunas benefits. Thanks marty > > >
