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Din · 21st September 2006, 01:12 PM

Air Conditioning and Electrical requirements are probably the two most important things you can do properly even over what beds you decide to purchase. Make sure based on your idea of what beds you are getting that you have enough voltage, amps to power your equipment. Keep in mind that if you are to expand or upgrade in the future you need to have enough elec. to power them as it will cost big $$$ after the fact. Same goes for A/C.

Example cost to run electrical $12,000...up it from beginning will cost you $13-14,000. now to have them come back and up it to what is required after the fact will be an extra $6-8,000. Same goes for A/C.

THESE ARE THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO TO YOUR SALON.

Don't cheap out on them....it will hurt you after the fact when your customers aren't happy and your a/c is trying to keep up and it's 95 degrees in your lobby. If you want to cheap out on things, consider buying used beds instead of new. Consider leasing beds instead of purchasing up front. But don't cheap out on A/C.

There are formula's to give you an estimate of how much a/c or elec you would need but all bed specs give you requirements of elec (3phase) and a/c. Remember that's the minimum requirement and if you run all beds at same time in the busy season non stop....it will be a big draw of power and a drain. Do it right from the beginning, save yourself the headaches.

Again, you will need to know what beds, how many and what levels you are getting to know how much power/a/c you will need but beds can be changed...elec and a/c can't or at least not at a cheap price and down time....

21st September 2006, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Din Smartass Canuck Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 9,137	A/C and Electrical Requirements - Most Important part of Tanning Salon Air Conditioning and Electrical requirements are probably the two most important things you can do properly even over what beds you decide to purchase. Make sure based on your idea of what beds you are getting that you have enough voltage, amps to power your equipment. Keep in mind that if you are to expand or upgrade in the future you need to have enough elec. to power them as it will cost big $$$ after the fact. Same goes for A/C. Example cost to run electrical $12,000...up it from beginning will cost you $13-14,000. now to have them come back and up it to what is required after the fact will be an extra $6-8,000. Same goes for A/C. THESE ARE THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO TO YOUR SALON. Don't cheap out on them....it will hurt you after the fact when your customers aren't happy and your a/c is trying to keep up and it's 95 degrees in your lobby. If you want to cheap out on things, consider buying used beds instead of new. Consider leasing beds instead of purchasing up front. But don't cheap out on A/C. There are formula's to give you an estimate of how much a/c or elec you would need but all bed specs give you requirements of elec (3phase) and a/c. Remember that's the minimum requirement and if you run all beds at same time in the busy season non stop....it will be a big draw of power and a drain. Do it right from the beginning, save yourself the headaches. Again, you will need to know what beds, how many and what levels you are getting to know how much power/a/c you will need but beds can be changed...elec and a/c can't or at least not at a cheap price and down time.... __________________ www.ChronosMarketing.com ____________________________________________ The problem nowadays is stupidity. Why don't we just take the safety labels off everything and see what happens?