Comments on: i’ve a sauna in my home in LA that I need to relocate up to Santa Clara. It has 220 electrical. ?

By: Landlord

Landlord — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:21:54 +0000

About 200 for an electrician.

About 50 in parts if you want to do it yourself. I am a DYI’er, but I have a lot of experience and basically do everything I am strong enough for. However, even I find installing new circuit breakers rather scary. Do not even attempt this unless you have the right tools to make sure there is no current at all when you are working.

By: Wally

Wally — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:26:19 +0000

40 amps, or almost.

u need an electrician.

the sauna will likely blow your dryer fuse if you connect it to that.

By: Twitter Bird

Twitter Bird — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:39:37 +0000

You need to have a couple/few electricians come out and give you estimates for the work.
You will need to have a dedicated breaker available for the sauna’s line (just like the dryer has).

A qualified electrician can tell you if it can be done with the existing service and breaker box, or if it is a major electrical rewiring & new breaker box to do it.

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:45:13 +0000

Don’t thin you can use the same wiring, you would have to look at the amps, The Gage of wiring used depends on the amps of the appliance most driers use 30 amps and the saunas usually take 60 amps so the wire will have to be thicker. On the price depends how far away from the Main electrical box the sauna is and how much labor is involved, the parts are not expensive.

You should also look at your main breakers they should be at least 200 AMPS

By: My Take on It

My Take on It — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:06:33 +0000

Even though you are on a budget, I would not attempt electrical work on your own. There are too many things that can go wrong and can burn your house down! I would consult with electricians and see what they would bid to do the job.

How much to add a plug all depends on what and where the electrical is and how to run it out to the garage/or where you want to put this thing. It would be hard for anyone on YA to guesstimate how much it would cost.