Infrared cabin

What the system works out

You choose a factory-made cabin model, the room, the power supply (dedicated circuit or existing socket) and the gap to the wall. The system shows:

- the cabin price and power, the current (P / 230 V) and the floor space it takes with the wall gap;

- the electrical safety requirements: a dedicated socket, residual current protection ≤ 30 mA;

- warnings about a bathroom and a wall gap that is too small.

Factory-made or built on site

A factory-made CE-marked cabin (EN 60335-2-53) is a product, not a structure, and the sauna electrical zone rules do not apply to it. If an infrared sauna is built on site from separate emitters, SPTE chapter IX applies: IP 24, a 140 °C temperature limiter, no sockets inside, controls outside the room. A specialist must then prepare the electrical design.

Circuit and models

- With a dedicated circuit, the estimate includes a 3 × 2.5 mm² cable of the given length, an RCBO B16 30 mA and an IP44 socket. The electrician's labour is worked out from market rates (socket, protection, cable laying). We found no official labour norms, so this is an assumption.

- Models: 1 person (1.41 kW), 2 persons (2.18 kW), 2 persons corner (2.8 kW) and 3–4 persons (2.47 kW). All connect to 230 V.

- The estimate includes 3 person-hours for assembling the cabin: the manufacturer states that two people need about 1–1.5 h.

- If the cabin is plugged into an existing socket and draws more than 10 A, the system warns: Lithuanian rules only guarantee that much ("not less than 10 A"), although Type F sockets are usually 16 A.

- Manufacturers ask for the cabin to stand in a dry room without a shower, with about a 5 cm gap to the wall for ventilation.