Setting up a pelvic floor chair: power, room and delivery
A pelvic floor chair is one of the few devices in a clinic where the installation decides whether the purchase works. It draws up to 3000 W, it needs a dedicated circuit, and it arrives as either one unit or two cartons depending on the configuration. This note covers the checks that are cheaper to make before the order than after it.
01 · The electrical supply is the first constraint
Both chairs in our range are specified at 300 – 3000 W output with a 20 A fuse, running on AC 110 – 230 V. That is not a device you can add to a room that already has a treatment bed, a steam unit and an air conditioner on the same circuit. Before anything else, someone qualified should look at the distribution board and confirm there is capacity for a dedicated circuit at the treatment position.
Two practical consequences follow. The outlet has to be where the chair sits, not where the nearest socket happens to be — an extension lead is not an appropriate answer at this load. And if the clinic is in a rented unit, the landlord's approval for a new circuit is a lead time you should start before the deposit, not after.
02 · One unit or two: what the configurations change
The two models are not a better and a worse version of the same thing. They are two ways of arranging the same treatment position:
| Chair, integrated | Chair + separate main unit | |
|---|---|---|
| Magnetic vibration intensity | 8 Tesla | 7 Tesla |
| Output power | 300 – 3000 W | 300 – 3000 W |
| Output frequency | 3 – 150 Hz | 3 – 150 Hz |
| Supply | AC 110 – 230 V, 20 A fuse | AC 110 – 230 V, 20 A fuse |
| Shipping | Single unit | Two cartons: 43.5 kg + 63.6 kg |
| Room layout | Everything at the chair | Console can sit away from the chair |
The split configuration exists for rooms where the chair has to face a particular way, where the operator needs clear space around the client, or where a visible console at the chair is not wanted. The cost is a second carton and a second position to power. If the room is straightforward, the integrated unit is fewer things to install and fewer things to go wrong.
03 · Delivery is part of the specification
The split version ships as two cartons at 43.5 kg and 63.6 kg. That is not a parcel — it is a two-person delivery with a route that has to be checked. Stair width, lift dimensions, door clearance and the final turn into the treatment room are all worth measuring before the order is placed, because a chair that cannot reach the room is a return shipment.
Freight is quoted on chargeable weight, which is the greater of actual weight and volumetric weight. The method is set out in reading packing data, and it is worth doing before you compare quotes from two forwarders.
04 · Room, privacy and flow
The chair needs clearance behind and to one side for the operator, and enough space for a client to sit down and stand up without assistance. Because of the nature of the treatment position, privacy is a layout requirement rather than a courtesy: a screen or a separate room, not a curtain across a shared space.
- Operator access on at least one side, with room to reach the console during a session.
- A preparation area for the single-use items the clinic supplies — these are not part of the shipment.
- Storage for the consumables and the documentation that has to be available on request.
- A surface for the client's belongings that is not the chair itself.
05 · What ships, and what the clinic supplies
The shipment is the equipment. Single-use items, coverings, cleaning materials and any clinic-specific consumables are supplied locally. Every order leaves with a test video and packing photographs recorded before dispatch, so the condition of the unit and the contents of the carton are documented before they reach you — the process is described in what we check before your order leaves the factory.
06 · Questions to ask before you order
- Is there capacity on the distribution board for a dedicated 20 A circuit at the treatment position?
- What is the site voltage and plug type, and is that configuration confirmed on the order?
- Which configuration fits the room — integrated, or chair with a separate console?
- What are the carton dimensions and weights, and can they reach the room by the available route?
- What does the warranty cover, and for how long? Main units in our range carry one year.
- Which compliance documents apply to this model? See certifications and, for how applicability differs by series, EMC and LVD testing.
07 · Where to look next
The two configurations are the integrated chair and the chair with separate main unit, both within recovery and wellness.
Other notes and documents
CO2 fractional or picosecond: what actually decides the purchase
A scan head and arm against a mobile handpiece — how the two platforms differ in output, cooling and footprint, and which buyer each one fits.
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OEM or ODM: what can be changed, and what it costs in time
Four layers can be changed on an existing model, and one of them takes months. Where OEM stops and ODM starts, and why approvals set the schedule.
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What we check before your order leaves the factory
Multi-stage QC, a powered test run, a test video and packing photographs — sent for your approval before dispatch.
Read the note →Our certificates and test documents are listed on the Certifications section of the home page. Technical documentation is available to qualified buyers on request.