Good points, Marty. john
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:32 PM, <martsmai...@aol.com> wrote: > 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, > jonellis.steven...@gmail.com 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 <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 >> >> >> > >
