Tanning bed/GFCI circuit?

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nizak

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Is there anything in the code that deals with GFCI requirements for tanning beds? Is it a common practice to wire these to a GFCI protected circuit? Thanks.
 

GUNNING

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voltage ..read the instructions.

voltage ..read the instructions.

No GFCI in the instructions BUT the voltages are important. The boilerplate has only one voltage. Make it so. They have a lot of fancy solid state ballasts and switching which requires the correct voltage levels. All the beds I have seen have a transformer, but no GFI. :cool:
 

renosteinke

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Someone buys a $5000 tanning bed, and they're going to sweat over a $15 device? Or, even, a $90 breaker? What am I missing?

You might be stuck with the $90 breaker anyway, if the new circuit has to be AFCI.
 

cowboyjwc

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Someone buys a $5000 tanning bed, and they're going to sweat over a $15 device? Or, even, a $90 breaker? What am I missing?

You might be stuck with the $90 breaker anyway, if the new circuit has to be AFCI.

When he said tanning bed, I just "assumed", for a tanning salon. A personal bed never even crossed my mind.:huh:
 

Little Bill

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I installed a circuit for a tanning bed. The bed came with a buck/boost transformer, and as has been stated, the voltage has to be correct with little tolerance. There was nothing in the spec sheet about GFCI protection. If a non-auto transformer was used I wouldn't think a fault on the load side would trip a GFCI breaker anyway.
 
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