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A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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post #39

Off-topic but I've been curious: how well do phones handle saunas? I thought the heat and moisture would pretty much be the worst environment for electronics. Is that not the case?

Not the one you asked, but I like to sauna in perfectly dry air more than in humidity. Also slightly lower temperature. As there is no humidity, the heat doesn't transfer as quickly. The phone doesn't get hotter than it does on a sunny day outside.

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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post #39

Off-topic but I've been curious: how well do phones handle saunas? I thought the heat and moisture would pretty much be the worst environment for electronics. Is that not the case?

Not the one you asked, but I like to sauna in perfectly dry air more than in humidity. Also slightly lower temperature. As there is no humidity, the heat doesn't transfer as quickly. The phone doesn't get hotter than it does on a sunny day outside.

At least in our sauna even in dry air my phone overheats and shuts down.

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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post #39

Off-topic but I've been curious: how well do phones handle saunas? I thought the heat and moisture would pretty much be the worst environment for electronics. Is that not the case?

I read on my iphone’s kindle app in saunas and steam rooms frequently. No problem.

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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tldr: place air inlet above the heat (B); air outlet on the other side at the floor (D). See figure: https://www.saunatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6556-1-560... This ensures: 1) quick heat up of fresh air 2) vertically uniform heat 3) creation of better steam

I wonder if this holds true for a wood burning sauna too? An active fire in the stove creates a massive draft that'll pull air through the stove and out the chimney.

No it's different for wood burning when inside the space because they act as an effective exhaust on their own.

http://localmile.org/proper-ventilation-for-electrically-hea...

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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I have not noticed any venting in the sauna at my gym, but perhaps it's not obvious. It's a pretty big sauna, it will easily seat over a dozen people and people are coming in and out often enough that the door opening probably provides adequate air exchange.

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what is some crazy sauna fact?

In Finland sometimes we take advantage of the heat and we cook sausages on our sauna stove by wrapping them in aluminum foil and placing them on the hot rocks. You can still take a sauna normally and afterwards you have a cooked sausage to eat!

Our relatives always had a nice big piece of meat in there when we visited. Ofcourse they had at least three different saunas on the yard. The smoky sauna was mostly used for the cooking.

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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Wouldn't it be more practical to have a prominent CO2 monitor and only exchange the air (maybe by opening the door for a few seconds) if it CO2 gets too high ?

Maybe it's hard keeping a co2 monitor operating in humid sauna conditions, I dunno.

Also, given that many saunas are not airtight, I wonder what a steady state CO2 concentration would be. It may be high, but not dangerous.

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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post #46
post #39

Off-topic but I've been curious: how well do phones handle saunas? I thought the heat and moisture would pretty much be the worst environment for electronics. Is that not the case?

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I prefer the steam room at my gym over the sauna because it's much less crowded. I'm convinced the sauna gets more traffic in part because you can use your phone in the less humid environment.

Re: A 45 year engineer clears up electric sauna ventilation

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post #39

Off-topic but I've been curious: how well do phones handle saunas? I thought the heat and moisture would pretty much be the worst environment for electronics. Is that not the case?

Overheats pretty quickly, especially on the higher bench
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