Buck Boosters: What Are They?
Buck Boosters are transformers that increase or decrease your incoming voltage. Most tanning beds require voltage to be 220 and 240 volts. Some actually require 220 Volts only, some require between 220 and 230 volts, etc.If your incoming voltage into the building is 208 Volts and your tanning bed requires 220 Volts, then you would need a Buck Booster to "Boost" that voltage to the required voltage needed for that tanning bed.
Buck Boosters can either "Buck" or "Boost" voltage from your incoming voltage by 12, 24, 16, or 32 volts.
You can find Buck Boosters that are already pre-wired with cords where all you have to do is just plug in one side of the Buck Booster into the outlet your electrician provided and plug the other into the cord going to the tanning bed. Other Buck Booster come where your electrician would have to do the wiring, hard wiring, of the buck booster going to the tanning bed and into the wall.
If the voltage going to your tanning bed isn't what was recommended by the manufacturer, then you may end up having problems such as tanning lamps not tanning as well as they should, tanning bed getting too hot because internal cooling fans aren't running correctly, etc.
Always make sure that your electrician understands your tanning beds power requirements.
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