Dear TanningBeds.org,

I can’t find info on a tanning bed. JK reflector soltron. Sep.83 Model #2330 Manuf. #1711 Any help would be nice thanks,

Brian

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Dear Brian,

Wow, that is an old bed! 1983 Soltron is a rare bed indeed. I think some of those had form fitting acrylics, which are insanely expensive to replace so most people replaced with flat acrylics which are available. (yours may or may not) I don’t know a lot about that bed, as that was the year I graduated from high school, 10 years before I entered the industry! I have worked on maybe TWO Soltrons from the 1980s previously, and found them to be good beds, although they tend to have way more small parts that I thought was necessary in the structure. I want to say that it still used pretty standard parts, although body parts and special items are likely next to impossible to find. Lamps, ballasts, starters and even acrylics should be available from a few sources.

That bed was made by JK Soltron (now Ergoline) out of Europe. That company has since purchased Sun Industries, Inc of America (SunDash and SunTana beds) and is in Jonesboro, Arkansas as Sun Ergoline. I am not sure if they can help, but they ARE the parent company and would be the source for the owners manual. You can reach them at www.sundash.com, and get a phone number from there. They may refer you to a dealer, but likely on something that old they would just send you a copy of the manual if they have it. They may charge a small fee for copying and/or postage to cover their expenses, but I would hope you could get it for under $20 from them if they have it.

Dennis