STEAM-ROOM-FANS

This is the most popular fan that people use that is IP55 rated. Once people get this fan in their steam room, it's a game changer. No one I have talked to wants to go in the steam room where it is cold by their feet and most of the heat is over their head. It doesn't make any sense to not have one of these fans if your ceilings are over 7 feet.

All the sizing charts are based on having 7 foot ceilings.

Having a fan can make a steam room with a 9 foot ceiling feel better than a 7 foot ceiling.

Steam Room Fans

Sizing charts must be reconfigured if using a fan

With a marine grade fan, the all the steam in the room is at the same temperature (homeostasis). So, with higher ceilings, you don't have all the heat and steam lifted to the ceiling where you can't enjoy it. So many people have ceilings over 7 foot and they just go by a sizing chart and buy based on cubic feet size. People have 8 foot ceilings and that extra foot makes a huge difference if the air is not circulating. Many people upsize their steam generator size when their ceilings are high and this just makes a muggier steam as it puts out too much steam compared to one size lower. The best steam is when the steam being produced is at the same rate as the steam falling to the floor after it has been condensed. I urge people to get a fan that can suction cup on the wall. Make sure the fan is IP55 rated. (Google IP55 standards and you will see why). The fan must be protected from water in any direction. Most people get a 12VDC supply which will plug into a pneumatic switch like you use for a garbage disposal. The on off button will be next to the steam controller. Any plumber should be able do this for you.

So, for all the people calling in thinking they know what size generator they need who have ceilings over 7 foot tall, you don't have to take into consideration your ceiling height when you have a fan. If someone tells you that you need to upsize the kilowatt size simply because you have a 9 foot ceiling it will not apply now since the fan will bring the heat and steam back down and circulate it through the entire room.

Notice: if you have a pressurized steam generator that makes very wet steam, having a fan will make it very humid in the room and will not feel as comfortable as dry steam. No one I know likes muggy steam being blown on their body. If getting a fan, the best steam generator to use is one that makes a dryer steam.

Contact me if you have any questions about steam generators or need help choosing the right size. If you are using a fan and have a high ceiling this is very important to take into consideration.

Note: this fan has a CFM of 80 so it is just the right size for most residential steam rooms. It draws only .21 amps at 12vdc. A small 12vdc powersupply of 1-3 amps is fine as a power source. With the fan mounted inside the room the powercord plugs into the 12vdc power supply. The power supply then plugs into the air switch which is plugged into a standard 120vdc receptacle. There is a 1/4" plastic tube that goes from the switch button in the steam room to the air switch which turns the power on and off to the 12vdc supply.

The marine grade fan is sealed against any water or vapor penetration. It is a 12 volt unit therefore not an electrical hazard. The air switch provides a non conductive method of turning it on and off.

If you set up the fan you should no longer have cold spots and hot spots in your steam room. The big problem is when all the heat rises over the person's head. This is the best solution I have found. This should solve any problem with a wet steam type generator that has too high of a latent heat index that sends all the heat and steam above the head.

I am working on a video right now showing how this is done so you know how to set it up at home.

This is the portable lithium battery powered fan that I would say anyone that has learned about heat co-efficients may want to get. Some people don't want to hardwire a fan into their steam room and want something more portable or rechargeable. This fan has 3 settings and this raises the heat co-efficient dramatically. I put this fan right behind my back and sometimes I have two of these on the sides of me. This is a different use than the type that lowers the latent heat index. This blows directly own me while the other mounted fan circulates the air into equilibrium. Many people hang this one but it will have to be recharged. I go into steam rooms everywhere with this and people always ask me why I have it. I hand it to them and next thing they are asking where they can get one.

But, if the steam is too wet and humid it will sting. I only recommend using this fan only when the latent heat index is low and the steam is a dry type. Otherwise, it won't feel good.

Depending on the type of sessions, knowing how to control the vapor type is something everyone might find helpful knowing. Most people us eucalyptus oil in their steam room. There are some really good oils that I have free samples of that do not smell like the cheap eucalyptus that they have in that spray bottle at the gyms.

Some people don't mind paying 20 bucks a month to keep salt rocks in their steam room. I prefer the low iron oxide type of Himalayan salt. (not the dark pink type). I have free samples of this salt. It is so clear it almost looks like quartz.

The more clear the salt is the less iron oxide. I prefer the purist salt I can get.

I don't use this type for my steam room.

Please email me for a free sample. If you want to take it to a gym, I always go in before my workout and an hour later the salt is hot and ready to give off the ions. (You can take an Ion Meter to measure the ions in the steam room before and after. I bought mine on Ebay for about 30 bucks.

This is the Kona Marine grade fan -

I recommend this for every steam room over 7 foot or for a steam generator that makes steam with a low dryness fraction.

Getting just the right size steam generator

Low pressure steam generator complaints

Avoiding Steam Drippiness

Avoiding Cold spot and hot spots

Sizing Charts - I disagree with most of them

Avoiding Condensate and Wet Steam

NOISE COMPLAINTS