How Do Wood Sauna Stoves Get Useful During Winter?

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.