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  1. How a sauna thermometer works

    What's inside a dial or electronic sauna thermometer, what it senses, and why the number depends on where the gauge hangs.

  2. Sauna thermometer types: dial, electronic and cable sensors

    The kinds of sauna thermometer you'll see, from mechanical dials to cable sensors on heater controls, and how each one senses heat.

  3. How a sauna hygrometer works

    What a sauna hygrometer measures, the main ways it senses humidity, and why its reading moves when the temperature changes.

  4. Where sauna gauges are mounted and why

    Where makers say a sauna thermometer, hygrometer or heater-control sensor should go on the wall, with distances in inches and centimetres.

  5. Why two gauges in one sauna show different readings

    Why a bench-height gauge, a ceiling gauge and the heater control can disagree, and which differences makers call normal.

  6. Heater control sensor versus a separate wall gauge

    The number on a heater control and the number on a wall thermometer come from different sensors in different spots. Here's how makers describe it.

  7. Materials that survive sauna heat in gauges and cables

    What temperature ratings makers give for sauna cables, sensors and gauge parts, and what to look for on a label or datasheet.