Thieves Cut wires on SS stand

[mcwashes]

Hi I've been posting about a 5 SS - 1 IBA property I'm buying (linked here). I've been getting quotes from Petit and WW on new IBA and SS. I was leaning toward getting the old Carolina Pride equipment back up and running and just running new hoses, brushes, etc in the bays. THEN....some thieves broke in, stole all the wiring in the building and to the main, and cut and stole a bunch of the copper water supply lines. On top of that, they simply cut the wiring in the box for the ss equipment. Left it there, just cut it like @ssholes.

I spent a good amount of time there today and I think I can figure out how to get the wiring sorted and back the way it needs to be to power the SS and reuse the equipment without the $100k+ spend to get all new. I'd really love to do that. Here are some pictures of the wiring cabinet. I'd love any feedback about this plan. Honestly feel like I should give the current equipment every chance at working before ripping it out but I've also seen other sites that just installed new and their equipment room looks pretty darn good...

 

[Dan kamsickas]

That looks like one of our old Champion systems. Honestly didn't think there were too many of left in existence. Not my favorite by a long shot. If money wasn't an issue, I'd look for a scrap bin for it. I'll post one of the original wiring diagrams but it really looks like someone has done some major field engineering so I don't know if it will help or make matters worse.

 

[Keno]

That's going to be quite a task if you don't have control wiring experience, it can be done though. Will take patience and a good understanding of how to use a multimeter

I would break it down into parts, ie get the power working to timer and coin acceptor and make sure those are working as they should, then get functions working one by one. Just to make it manageable.

 

[mcwashes]

That looks like one of our old Champion systems. Honestly didn't think there were too many of left in existence. Not my favorite by a long shot. If money wasn't an issue, I'd look for a scrap bin for it. I'll post one of the original wiring diagrams but it really looks like someone has done some major field engineering so I don't know if it will help or make matters worse.

You nailed it. I was there today tracing wire and from the way it's setup and cut, I think I could connect most of the wires where they need to go and some are long enough in the box to reconnect. That said, I'd need someone with a bit of experience to help me get it back up and running once I get everything connected again. Some of it is labeled and color coded but they cut everything to the low pressure side as well so it's a mess. Question is, if I were to get it wired back the way it was, I'd still have to get everything else cleaned up and running (pumps and motors). Can't even test those things yet.

 

[mcwashes]

That's going to be quite a task if you don't have control wiring experience, it can be done though. Will take patience and a good understanding of how to use a multimeter

I would break it down into parts, ie get the power working to timer and coin acceptor and make sure those are working as they should, then get functions working one by one. Just to make it manageable.

Yeah this is solid advice. Luckily, there are two bays that were on another stand and those are intact. Once we get power back to the building, I was planning to use those to test everything and use the wiring diagram on those to help reconnect everything.

 

[Dan kamsickas]

You nailed it. I was there today tracing wire and from the way it's setup and cut, I think I could connect most of the wires where they need to go and some are long enough in the box to reconnect. That said, I'd need someone with a bit of experience to help me get it back up and running once I get everything connected again. Some of it is labeled and color coded but they cut everything to the low pressure side as well so it's a mess. Question is, if I were to get it wired back the way it was, I'd still have to get everything else cleaned up and running (pumps and motors). Can't even test those things yet.

Even if you can get it all wired back up, I wouldn't be too confident in it actually working well or for any extended length of time. I say "if" you can get it wired up because some has tried to re-engineer it in the field and I'm not too confident they were working within their skillset.

 

[mcwashes]

Just spoke with my installer and I think we'll try to get it up and running. If not, we'll go with the new stuff.