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bruc123
14-07-12, 08:03 PM
Hi I am opening a beauty salon and putting in Sunbeds too, however iv Only got two phase electricity does anyone know from experience how many you can run on 2 phase electricity I haven't got the funds at the minute to have 3 phase fitted
smile doctor
14-07-12, 08:44 PM
You would need to speak to an electrician he would be able to take one look at your fuse box and tell you what I could handle in my old shop we could only run 2 max but in new shop I have 3 phase so don't have this problem x
Penners
15-07-12, 08:00 AM
My husband used to run his workshop from a small building with only single phase so he bought a three phase converter , I'm not sure how this would work in your situation but its worth a look at.
shedunlop
15-07-12, 02:02 PM
You do really need to speak to a qualified electrician. You cannot mess about with the shocking stuff my darling. Get good, professional advice!:D
bruc123
15-07-12, 07:02 PM
Thank you my electrician said I could run 3 Sunbeds at a push on two phase so I may look into that converter!
Nails<3
16-07-12, 10:50 AM
My boyfriend is an electrician. He said there is no such thing as two phase. You either have single phase with 1 live, earth and neutral or 3 phase which is 3 live,earth and neutral.
He also said that you can give him a call and he will explain it to you and that he will tell you what is best. He said if you run 3 beds on what you have then it will blow the board. If you want his number to ring him then just pm me.
carlydee@hotmai
16-07-12, 12:52 PM
Hi I am opening a beauty salon and putting in Sunbeds too, however iv Only got two phase electricity does anyone know from experience how many you can run on 2 phase electricity I haven't got the funds at the minute to have 3 phase fitted
Hi I had 2 beds in my salon which run off phase 1 anymore than 2 beds will need 3 phase fitted. Hope this helps not heard of 2 phase though :)
Hi I am opening a beauty salon and putting in Sunbeds too, however iv Only got two phase electricity does anyone know from experience how many you can run on 2 phase electricity I haven't got the funds at the minute to have 3 phase fitted
The odds are that you will have a single phase supply as apposed to a three phase supply into your building
In determining if your supply is sufficient to run your projected new load requirements there are three considerations to make
1) Inbound supply rating and type
You could have either 60/80/100 single phase supply into the building and its size can be read off the actual cut out fuse.If you have say 80a the electricity board could well be able to upgrade the cartridge fuse in the cut out to 100a but you will need to get them in to determine if there incoming supply cable is adequate enough to do this
This service should be free in terms of establishing the position so well worth doing
2) Size of the load you will be placing on the supply.3 small single phase sunbeds running off a 100a supply may well work however some sunbeds run off a three phase supply if they are large ones .The best thing is to get the provider of the sunbeds to visit and have a look...he should be able to tell you if your supply is adequate or not
3) Diversity factor....this is where ,as in any building with a load on it...you look at the diversity factor and determine weather it is likely that you will have everything running together at the same time.
If you can stagger the load from drawing current all together then you could well be ok
Upgrading to three phase is a costly and complex thing and before the electricity board will connect the supply they will probably want a full fixed wiring test and certificate before connecting which could well throw up a whole new can of worms for you
Look at the 3 things Ive suggested,get the sunbed provider in to have a look and take things from there
Good luck anyhoo's