Electrics for a sunbed

[Darkwood]

I personally am not trying to be negative but I am someone who design and builds control systems and I get a very strong impression you don't realise the massive hurdles needed and the large injection of capital just to get a product like this to a market that is saturated and declining, I would seriously look into sunbed use and its decline over the past several years and see if there is a market out there for you.

I am not trying to get you to throw the towel in, just trying to ensure that you understand the market you are entering, If I make you reconsider and save you tens of thousands then great but I would be equally happy if you did prove me wrong so all the best, as you can gather though, we do give you honest opinions and advice even if it is does seem negative, we collectively have have had many years of experience between us and we tend to see the same issues and hurdles that we expect you will encounter, we have over the yrs seen it and heard it many times so only passing on our collective knowledge here.

 

[Christopher Parkinson]

Red tape might be a lot more difficult to overcome than I thought. I get it. Thanks for the warnings. I'm coming at this from an angle that makes complete sense to myself but which I am keeping confidential for the moment. As someone mentioned I have a lot of entrepeneurial experience but more important an entrepeneurial mindset. So a load of bureaucrats making life difficult for me and trying to kill off the project because I'm not a big business will only make me more determined. Key things you need to be an entrepeneur IMO. 1. Have a worthwhile goal which will genuinely make a contribution. 2. Find a way round any obstacles. (And there IS always a way). 2. Keep focused on the goal and never give up.

Cheers Chris

 

[Andy78]

If you told a group of expert mountain climbers you were going to climb the North face of the Eiger with slippers on and spoons instead of ice axes, then their responses may make them seem overly negative from the viewpoint of the inexperienced.

 

[Spoon]

mmmm..... Lots of negativity on here. Just wondering if it's a standard trait of electricians.

All depends on your perspective mate. I usually get the statement of "negative attitude" from people who think they have a great idea but don't fully know all the regs and safety implications regarding their idea.....
Hopefully you will prove me wrong. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

 

[Darkwood]

Remember what happened to Trevor Baylis, he spent decades getting his wind up radio to market and the company he went into business with to manufacture it tweaked the design and took most of the intellectual rights due to a quirk of the patenting laws.. he was broke when we realised a life long ambition to get it to market....
The lesson here is never trust anyone in the business world, if the product has potential then they will do everything to maximise what they get out of it even if it means sacrificing the very hand that fed them in the first place.