Lighting up your beds....vanity lighting...making them more flashy

[Din]

Looking around at some beds (i.e. Sungate, KBL etc...)

They have lighting, neon, that light up the beds when not in use to make it more flashy looking. My VHR's have a vanity light bulb that doesn't do much at the front of the contoured acrylic to make it flashy. They last a few months and i'm replacing them. Although the bulbs are not that pricy, shipping them to me and all said and done they are costing me like $20 a light bulb that burns out after 3-4 months.

KBL beds that i saw light up the entire bed inside and it's hooked up to the timer to shut off i believe when Tmax starts the bed.

I've been looking around and investigating on how to light up my VHR's and my HP bed (front room) to make them more flashy. Especially in the evening to light up the salon when on display.

Anyone do something like that.......nice looking, non noticeable and illuminate the bed a lot, colourful.....without looking tacky.





As you can see, the cheesey vanity light doesn't do anything really........but the bed with the lamps on light up the acrylic nicely. Is there anyone on here that installed LED's or Neon any other lighting system on their beds to make them more appealing on display and at what cost?


Thanks in advance.

[Din]

Here are 2 examples of how the acrylic lights up.....LED's i know will do this...just want to get peoples ideas salon owners that have done this and what route they took.

Thanks

[timeout]

you could use interior car lighting kits..... cheap too.

[phattmatt]

Trick my convex by Tanses has neon galore to spice up my steel look

[SandiGirl]

Oh yess I have the tranformer thingy but the neon came broken so my Tanses is not so spicey.

[Luongo=Cup]

KBL lights most of their beds with colored flourescent tubes (the kind you'd use on a big aquarium) and they are very pricey to replace.

The cool part is that you can change the look of your KBL bed by changing the lamp color in some cases(I've used green, yellow and blue).

If you installed a ballast and lamp ends that accomodate the lamps used by KBL you're Dr. Kern could look pretty cool even when the lamps are not going.

[nebtans]

Have you considered EXTERNAL lighting? Special effects lighting possibly?

Pin Spots, Color Wash, Even a discoBall? Possibly highlight the room accent much easier than changing the design of the unit?

Even the small LAsers special effects units are just over $100 USD. IF you could couple this with an inexpensive Smoke/ Fog generator you could have a very exciting room to showcase the tanning units for a tiny investment.

[Din]

Nebs you goofball......i appreciated that post. That's something i would post. I'm considering a dry ice machine. LOL

[phattmatt]

who did you buy your CONVEX from SANDI?

[dcjjp2]

My accent lighting ballast went out in my sungate, too difficult to change. Kept it off. Liked the way it looked, but not worth the hassle.

[nebtans]

lol Din,

Dry Ice?? that would be costly... I was serious about the special effects and a "Fog macine" Or the Lasers.. One of the small "portable" special effect lasers would really put a different emphasis on aparticular room. More importantly at a very low cost for the "Bang".

[nebtans]

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[Din]

Okay....lets be serious here. I'm no discoteque here....>Nebs, your nightclub days are over. Think tanning here for a minute.

[coldgyn]

The only problem would be finding room to attach the lamp and starters. Most beds don't have the clearance between the top and the lamps or under the front acrylic.

How about putting one of those neon strips used under cars at the back hinge side of that Kern. They sell them at car parts stores. You'd need a converter perhaps.

[sunsally]

Crazy as it seems, it is possible that these kinds of changes to the beds (internal lighting) could be considered a material change and make you the "manufacturer of record". This could get you in trouble with some states, with UL listings, even with voiding your warrenty. I'd make some calls in your state and to your manufacturer before I did anything just to cya.

[Din]

Beds only have 1 year warranty and they are from Germany and Italy and I don't think that they will fly in to see my lighting on the beds.....I actually wish they did so they can get ideas of how a bed should be displayed.

Maybe it'll give them ideas on how to better their beds.

Now all i need is a good idea on how to light it up!!!!

Changing the appeal of the bed will not change the performance, therefor will not void anything.

It's like adding lighting in your car.....that won't void anything. But i get what you are saying. That is the least of my concerns right now. But thanks.

[nebtans]

Din,

I was thinking simplicity. Rather than intense redesign of existing lighting circuits. If you want to add just a bit more lighting, consdr the simple "Neon" placed on autos. very simple to install and just need asmall transformer to power system.


Special effect lighting is used in many other environments. The Movie Cinema that I went to for years in Denver had great special effect lighting, Also the big Casinos in Lousianna have special effect lighting. I have even seen special Effect lighting in Car dealerships.

I was think about Lasers. It seems something about the word "Laser" just peaks interest. and you can see a low level laser from OUTSIDE the rooms. Many of the larger salons I have seen have a driven "Energy" to them almost like a nightclub. Mine was more serene and Spa-like so I never got to experiment in that area.

[Din]

Neon tubes are hard to maneuver around and i was thinking of flexible LED light bars that can bend around crevises of the bed, fans and acrylics. Just wondering if the LED's would be bright enough and give off the same effect as Neon. Don't want to see dots from the LED's......just want nice bright lighting to make the bed glow and stand out.

Also will be lighting up the High Pressure bed as it doesn't have any lighting or effects to it. It stands out on it's own, but at night, if it glowed in Blue or something, it would be amazing.

[Uvangel]

Tube lights Home Depot. LED lights in a clear plastic tube green, red or blue. My friends kid is scared of the dark so they wrap this lighting around the canopy of her bed, Looks great!! I think it could work.