TikiTansOnline

Just doing some set up and was curious?

wrecked

What size is the wire? Volts have nothing to do with what size load it can handle.

TikiTansOnline

I'm not sure on the size. We needed a longer plug so we made one out of the wire and the bed fired up no problem. The bed is an America's Best Tan Bravo 143. The top bulbs came on and then there was a a few second delay on the bottom bulbs. 40 bulbs in total. Is this delay normal? There is one bulb on the bottom that took a few more seconds to fully illuminate. Probably 7-10 seconds from ignition before all 40 bulbs were lit. Any help please newbie on board.

wrecked

Just becasue the beds works does not mean that the wire is correct. Over time a under sized wire will heat up and can even cause a fire.

Thats sounds pretty typical of a bed lighting.

Brian Oshman

The bravo has a delayed start. That is normal.

The wire size and max. volt rating and max. temp. rating are all printed on the cable. Example: 600V 6/3 90°C SOOW. Now the 600V means that the wire will handle a max of 600 volts and the 6/3 means that the cable has a total of three number six gauge wires in it and the 90°C means that the wire will tolerate a temperature of 90 degrees celcius without breaking down and the SOOW means that it is resistant to sunlight, oil, suitable for outdoor use, and water resistant.

The minimum cable size should be this for that bed. Main thing is the wire size. 6/3 is what you want. If the first number is higher such as 8/3, 10/3 then the wire is too small and will burn up.

Make sure that the cable reads 600V (300V is OK), 90°C, 6/3 (first number cannot be higher, second number cannot be lower, second number being higher is fine as you will just have extra conductors), and insulation rating of SOOW.

Got it.

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