hi...
i went to Sunquest yesterday, they told me that you can not upgrade a sunbed by just fitting more powerful tubes?

the salon where my GF works does this but sunquest say that if it was built a 180w machine fitting 200w tubes doesn't mean it will put out 200w because the power is set by the balasts?

1. does anyone understand ^^^ this?

2. Also is anyone running 2 50amp beds on a 100a supply?
They reckon we can because you normally get 120amp available even though it says 100amp on the meter/box thing.

3. Can anyone reccommend another sunbed manufacturer to get a quote from?

Thanks!!!

Hiya , i have a sunbed and it started off as a 180w and i now have 200 in mine with no problems , in fact i had a guy from the sunbed shop some to fit them. Try www.peaksunbeds.co.uk HTH xx

thanks for the reply...
what Sunquest are saying is that you can fit 200w tubes and they will work but they won't be operating at 200w because that is dictated by the ballasts?

So if you was to tell them what you have done they'd say it wasn't operating at 200w.
Do u see what I mean???

I have to decide if I will buy new beds or refurb and upgrade the tubes...
most of the refurb beds are old 180w units and according to Sunquest can not be upgraded without changing these ballast things...

confused

I'll have a look at you link also thanks

Hi, I have a symphony bed from Tansun and i find it great . they do a range of beds with a range of wattage in a range of colours, give them a call as they were very helpful when i was unsure what to do . their number is 0121 5806200 or website www.tansun.co.uk.
HTH

OK cheers sweetie

Hey Jom, nope the guy who told you that is absolutely right - it IS set by the balasts.

You can put hotter tubes in though, there's no problem about that - you can ADVERTISE to customers also that you have 200w tubes.

I read a fascinating article somewhere online about balasts and their relation to the wattage but i will have no chance of finding it!

What are you trying to achieve?

I am trying to make a fully informed decision...

I'm opening a Salon, we have enough room for 2 vertical units.
I have a certain budget available specified in my business plan and the bank have given me in a loan the exact amount I need for start up so have to get this right 1st time.

I originally was gonna get 2 refurbished vertical units from thesunbewarehouse cost around £3k each but these would have been 180w and I would have had the replace the tubes to make it 200w.

Now I have been to an appointment at Sunquest, they have pointed out that putting 200w tubes in doesn't mean it will be a 200w sunbed...
but other people dis-agree like sweetie and the salon my girlfriend works in.

But Sunquest have offered me a deal on 2, 60 tube 200w Eclipses which cost wise work out not a million mile out from my budget.
given there offer and upgrading by replacing tubes sounds like more hassle than it's worth I think I will go with Sunquest.


The other question...
I have a 100amp single phase supply
Sunquest electrician is telling us we'd be fine with the 2 sunbeds which run at 50amp each.
We will be fine because even though the electric says 100amp on it... you actually get 20% more so we will physically have 120amps available.
So I was just hoping someone could confirm this.

Hi there

my beds used to have 180w tubes, but now one of them have 200w tubes. And its fab, i recently bought a new 225w bed and the re-tubed has taken over. Funny really, the clients like the feeling of being hot! Cant understand why???? In fact, we can still only allow clients 9mins on the re-tubed bed and not 12 in case they burn!!

Did you change the ballats?
Is there a way you can tell what output your physically getting?