need help with wiring tanning bed


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Old 03-30-15, 08:46 AM
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need help with wiring tanning bed

I have a sonnen braune Wolff system 628 tanning bed that I bought used it does not have a manual with it it is a240 vac 60 hz with neutral single phase total wattage 3237 I'm needing to know how to wire it up
 
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Old 03-30-15, 08:51 AM
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Certainly not much info to go on but looks like a 20 amp 240 volt circuit would handle it.
Have you tried to contact the mfg?
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Old 03-30-15, 09:01 AM
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Welcome to the forums.

Lie Geo mentioned... a 20A circuit would handle the job. You will need to run 12-3 w/ground cable.

Is there a cord and plug on the unit that you'll need to match ?
 

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Old 03-30-15, 01:04 PM
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Yes I have tried to contact the mfg. The number I have the company sold it to another company and apparently no one can get a number for the company
 
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Yes there is a plug and cord on the unit
 
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Old 03-30-15, 01:11 PM
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Have a look at this chart and let us know which NEMA configuration matches the cord on the tanning bed. It is probably 6-15 or 6-20, but please confirm.

 
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It looks like it is the 14-30
 
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Old 03-30-15, 03:39 PM
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It looks like it is the 14-30
Are you saying it has four prongs? Is it a molded on plug or does it look like something someone may have added after the fact. It sounds like someone changed the plug so they could use a clothes dryer receptacle. Can you post a picture of the receptacle and if it is an add on look and see if there are only three wires connected. http://www.doityourself.com/forum/li...rt-images.html

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Yes it has 4 prongs it doesn't look like someone added it it looks like it came that way. My husband checked it out it has 4 wires going to it. I can't add pic all I got is my phone Internet not a regular computer
 
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Old 03-30-15, 05:02 PM
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So it is not 240. It is 120/240. Okay this is over my head.
 
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It looks like you would install a circuit for this thing exactly like a cloths dryer. Double-pole 30A breaker in the panel, 10-3g NM-B (Romex) cable out to the bed location, and a 14-30 dryer receptacle to plug it in.
 
 

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