Are you thinking of using wood sauna
stoves in winter? If yes, then you have to take a few precautions so
that the system doesn’t freeze because of the surrounding temperature.
A wood-fired hot tub offers enjoyable
experiences in winter as your body is going to be submerged in hot water
when the cold winter air is surrounding you. However, it’s even
believed that a hot tub helps in minimizing sore muscles.
When it comes to heating a hot tub in
winter, you have to consider a couple of things. The first one is that
the starting water temperature remains colder than in summer and will
need more time to bring the hot tub to the operating temperature. The
second thing is the heater may freeze when turned off.
For using a wood-fired hot tub in winter,
you’ll have to spend enough time looking at your heater and feeding it
wood. When the tub goes to the operating temperature, you’ll want a low
fire going to keep the heater producing less amount of heat.
No one likes a cold hot tub, and the same
goes for too hot water. In most circumstances, the temperature of the
water remains between 102 and 104F. However, all North American electric
hot tubs have the maximum regulated temperature for safety purposes of
104F.
Wood sauna stoves can become much warmer, so careful supervision is required as temperatures over 104F can bring in health hazards.
How Do You Prevent Heater from Freezing?
Northern Lights wood sauna stoves are
excellent for any season, but in winter, you should take proper care of
the system to get rid of a chance of freezing. It means you’re done hot
tubing; you have to either drain the hot tub or use port plugs or valves
for heater isolation or drainage.
In general, a hot tub that’s warm and
insulated can keep its temperature for days before it would freeze
eventually. Though there’s no insulation on the heater, it’ll lose its
heat energy soon and could freeze. If you want to use the wood hot tub
over days in winter, you should do following after every use:
- Make sure that the fire is extinguished completely.
- Isolates the heater from the hot tub with gate valves or port plugs
- Drain the heater
- When you heat the hot tub the very next day, you may need a short fire to bring it back to operational temperature.
- Remember to remove the plugs or open valves before starting a fire
Using an Aux Heater –
You can add a backup electric heater to
the hot tub to protect the system from freezing. Northern Lights uses
Balboa EFX Heaters, the small 1.5KW inline heaters. They will keep the
hot tub at operational temperature and will prevent the system from
freezing. These units are considered as great accessories for those who
want to experience the most out of winter hot tub with a wood sauna
stove.
Bottom Line –
When it comes to investing in wood sauna
stoves, you should look no further than Heaters4Saunas. For more
information about wood-fired sauna heaters and other necessary sauna
accessories, please visit our website.
