A question about steam rooms

[MickyMacgraw]

I've seen these on tv where people are in the steam rooms and pour water on hot rocks to make more steam, my question is how are the rocks heated up as I don't see any fires and to warm the up electrically surely would be dangerous so how do they do it?

[ChuckFickens]

"electrically surely would be dangerous"

One word...

Kettle.

[MickyMacgraw]

So a steam room works like a kettle? iwould've thought that having a heating element in a room filled with steam would've been a no no i case of an electrical fault.
Thanks for answering but still don't see how it works.

[ChuckFickens]

The old style ones did use coals, but modern ones are electrically heated.

it's perfectly safe, you use electric water heaters all over the house every day with minimal danger, as I said, kettles, but also immersion heaters, power showers, washing machines, dishwashers..... the list probably goes on and on.

[MickyMacgraw]

Thanks for the answer chuckfickens but how are the rocks heated, I know you said electrically but how exactly? I've looked around on the net but can't seem to find out how.

[ChuckFickens]

I think you are getting confused between steam rooms and saunas, saunas have rocks, steam rooms don't

http://www.ehow.com/h...steam-rooms-work.html

http://health.howstuf...treatments/sauna1.htm

[MickyMacgraw]

Yes you're correct there was some confusion on my part and meant sauna. It's all explained now so thanks a lot for your your answers.

[AlBags]

I heat my rocks by the fire.