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A sauna without running hot water is a sauna with a bucket problem. The Harvia Cauldron is a free-standing stainless steel water heater with its own firebox, so it makes hot water anywhere there is wood and a flue. Fifty litres, supplied with a cover, part number WP500.
This is an off-grid and outbuilding product. In a garden sauna, a lakeside cabin or a property where running a hot supply to the sauna would mean trenching, the Cauldron replaces that whole job with a fire. It is also the traditional answer, which matters to a certain kind of buyer, and it works when the power is out.
The Cauldron burns wood, so it needs a chimney and the same clearance discipline as a stove. It is not a device you stand in a corner of a finished room. Plan the flue route before ordering. Note also that the 80 litre WP800 shown on older price lists is no longer carried by the supplier, so the 50 litre WP500 is the only Cauldron currently orderable. If you were quoted an 80 litre, this is the replacement.
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| Part | Capacity | Material | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WP500 | 50 litres | Stainless steel | Cover |
You light the firebox roughly an hour before the sauna session, the same way you would light the stove, and the water is hot by the time the room is. Fifty litres is enough for several people to rinse between rounds, which is the usual pattern in a traditional Finnish build. Because it stands separate from the sauna stove, you can site it in the washroom or the changing area rather than in the hot room itself, which is generally where you want the water anyway.
It is not a plumbed water heater and it does not connect to a hot supply or a mixer. It is a fire under a tank. If you have mains water and power at the sauna, a conventional cylinder will be cheaper to run and easier to use, and we will say so. The Cauldron is for the sites where that is not on offer.
For a water tank that mounts on the stove pipe rather than standing alone, see the Harvia Legend pipe-mounted water heater. For a stove with a built-in tank, see the Harvia PRO 20 ES, LS and RS.
A Cauldron is usually bought because the alternative is a trench, and that comparison is worth making properly before you commit either way. Tell us the site and we will be straight about which is the better spend. Call 866-861-6317, 9am to 6pm EST, Monday to Friday, or book a call.
Not any more. The WP800 is no longer carried by the supplier. The 50 litre WP500 is the only Cauldron currently orderable.
No. It has its own firebox and burns wood, which is the point of it.
Yes. It is a wood burning appliance and needs a flue and the same clearance discipline as a stove.
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