Dear TanningBeds.org,

The place where i go to tan has a Sonnen Bruane 524ES tanning bed. When the bed gets hot, it shuts off and won’t come back on until it cools off. They are looking for a manual so that they can maybe fix it. Would you have any idea where to get one?

Thanks,
Vicky
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Dear Vicky,

Rumor has it that SonnenBraune went out of business, as did the German company that made the bed, Lohmann-Werke. You may be in luck, however. The company I work for was instrumental in getting that bed designed for the US market, and we sold those for a couple of years, but that was over a decade ago.

You can try calling 1-800-274-1744 x127 and you can probably get a copy for a small fee to cover postage/handling/paper. (We try to keep most manuals on file for copying if we ever sold them). I know UVA sells most of the other parts for that bed including lamps, ballasts, acrylics, etc. I don’t remember it having a thermal switch, but Archie knows that bed better than I do. I don’t mean to push my employer (this site IS independent) it is just that I don’t know who else would have the owners manual.

The same goes for Puretan, as it appears that they went out of business as well. Many of the other companies have simply disappeared, but fortunately, some of us old guys still know the beds and have the parts.

Dennis