Slow-vs-Fast-Burn-Steam-Generators

Slow vs Fast Burn Steam Generators

Grams of steam per duty cycle

1.5 vs 2 Gallons per minute

I have tested this with 30 minute sessions. If you have a 6KW generator and use it for 30 minutes, you are either using a model that puts out about 1.5 gallons or about 2 gallons in a 30 minute steam session.

WARNING: Many people go to a site that says they need a 6kw generator and then buy a different brand and they need a 12 kw. I am not exaggerating. A Steamspa 6kw only works with up to 63 cubic feet rooms. Steamcore 6kw model can handle up to 175 cubic feet. If you had a 175 cubic foot steam room and wanted a Steamspa, you would have to go with a 12 kw generator. It is not a bad thing. The Steamcore is a slow burn and produces steam over a longer duty cycle while using minimal water. SteamSpa uses about twice as much water but in order to make a dry steam and have a really hot steam, it has to use more water and higher wattage in order to make enough steam to avoid the steam trap that it creates at the top of the ceiling. Both brands will reach the same temperature but one has a higher steam density and heavier while the other is lighter and the steam cloud lingers nearly the entire time and has a 6 degree variance in temperature which is the most continuous to date.

Note: any steam generator that puts out an extra half gallon of steam makes a wet, muggy steam that is heavy and rises to fast to the ceiling and sticks to the walls. Wet steam with condensate holds too much heat in the water that sticks to the walls and ceiling rather than staying in the air. It is heavier. It has a higher micron size. It doesn't feel comfortable like the dryer steam that fill up the room better. Dryer steam means more steam. Wet steam means heavier steam that falls quicker to the floor and can't maintain the steam cloud that you want.

Sometimes you have to go slow and methodical to get the fastest results. This is something your average Steam spa sales person doesn’t care about as their job is simply to sell everyone a steam generator.

I don’t mean to scare anyone away from steam therapy, it’s just that some people get so overly excited about steam therapy and don’t really take time to see where they are at health wise and get the proper coaching and guidelines to obtain the best healthiest outcome to their goals.

Note: if one brand puts out 100 grams of steam in 28 seconds and another puts out the same 100 grams in 2 minutes, this one has the slower burn. A single tank model always has the fastest burn compared to any of the dual tank models that split the grams of steam per duty cycle between the 2 tanks.

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

TOP ASKED STEAM QUESTIONS

Avoiding Maintenance issues

Salt Steam Room Therapy

STEAM ROOM THERMOCLINES

Atmospheric Steam Generators

Heat up times vs start up times

Slow vs Fast Burn Steam Generators

STEAM TRAPS - MAJOR PROBLEM

CONSTANT CONTINOUS VS DELAYED STEAM

STEAM GENERATOR SCAMS

1 VS 2 STEAM HEADS

WHOLE BODY STEAM THERAPY

WATER PRESSURE REDUCERS

8 FOOT CEILING STEAM ROOMS

9 FOOT CEILING STEAM ROOMS

10 FOOT CEILING STEAM ROOMS

CERAMIC STEAM ROOMS - MUST READ

NATURAL STONE STEAM ROOMS

AVOIDING LONG DUTY CYCLES

1/2 OR 3/4 INCH PIPES - WHICH TO USE

15 vs 20 psi steam generators

STEAM ROOM FLUENCE

STEAM ROOM FANS FOR HIGH CEILINGS

WRONG SIZE GENERATOR

Steam room LIGHTING problems

Know before buying a steam generator

Slow vs vast burn continued

It is very important to get the right burn type for your steam room. Fast burn is when all the steam is dumped out at once and is super hot and it quickly rises to the ceiling. This often creates a steam trap and if the ceiling is 8 or 9 feet tall, 20% to 40% of the heat and steam will be trapped above the body.

Fast burning steam is different than getting an oversized generator that puts out too much steam per duty cycle. This is about fluence. A generator that puts out 100 grams of steam in 18 seconds will have more fluence than a generator that puts out 100 grams over 2 minutes. The 2 minute slow burn shouldn’t create a steam trap if the generator is sized right. When too much steam comes out at once, especially the single tanks that dump too much at once, this quickly makes a steam trap and it is very hard to blow it down, even with a high powered marine grade fan suction cupped to the upper wall near the ceiling.

When the steam is a slow burn or is a dry steam coming out of a high psi dual tank it doesn’t rush to the ceiling but instead fills the lower part of the steam room where the body is and slowly rises to the ceiling. If the steam is continuous enough (best is within 6 degrees) it doesn’t have a chance to create a huge gap in temperature from the ceiling to the floor. Most people just get half body steam therapy and don’t get full body steam that heats up their legs at nearly the same temperature as their upper body is getting heated up. (Whole body vasodilation). See my page on steam room fluence.

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