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    8-bay self service carwash

    That lime green pipe looks awesome.
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    Combo Vacs

    I see very little use of combo vacs anymore for the added functions. I'm guessing 95% vacuum/ 5% other function. I'm in middle income at one wash, upper income in another.They might do better in lower income.
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    Back up plate

    If you have hard wires that you can tie into to for reset and OOS you can use yolink. They will send push notifications or emails.
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    CAT 3535 puking oil

    Tech support at Cat is pretty easy to get in touch with. Might be worth a quick call.
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    Bad news, Good news

    Praying for a speedy recovery JJ- You've got a lot of miles left in you!
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    Credit/Debit Card Charges by the Providers

    Do you know what your avg ticket is? I'm running 4.1 percent with an $11 avg ticket.
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    Blowers/Drying Agent

    Keep us posted please.
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    Cost of upgrading to a larger water line

    If pressure is good but flow is not sufficient it means that you have a high enough static pressure but residual pressure is not there. That hints as a restriction somewhere upstream of where the drop is measured. Every time your water changes direction or is squeezed through a valve or...
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    Cost of upgrading to a larger water line

    You can flow a lot of water through a 1.5. What size is your meter? Have you considered a tank and booster pump system?
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    Need some help! Foam Brush Not Foamy

    Welcome to the forum. I am astonished that this system was built in 2007. It looks like it was a design used in the 80s. In addition to Kleen Rite and National Pride, Etowah Valley Equipment in Etowah, NC also sells a budget line of equipment, but if you're really tight on money you can DIY...
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    WW2 please wait led lights have gone dim

    Did you try swapping that relay with another relay? If that doesn’t fix it I would agree that maybe the output card has an issue. Also check and tighten connections on the output and in the commons on the output card just to rule that out.
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    Help! Smart Switch To Control Pay Station Remotely

    Yolink has a lot of inexpensive relays, smart plugs, and sensors. You can do pretty much anything you need to do with those and a little ingenuity. I believe their smart plugs will stay in whatever state they are in if you lose WiFi. My hack was to buy an extension cord and cut it in half. I...
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    Pump out recommendation

    Another option some operators do is just make a regular task of shoveling out a couple wheelbarrows each week and not worrying about completely emptying.
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    WSll "exact change only"

    Nope, you have to make an appointment unless you are a distributor. They are discontinuing manufacturing and support for that machine will eventually end. Amazingly though, it seems many operators are figuring out their own problems without factory support. I think it's a testament to a good...
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    Beneficial Ownership Filing.

    My beef is the federal government is requesting this simple info from us under threat of tens of thousands of dollars in fines per year of non compliance. But a free person search website knew all my addresses and phone numbers for the past 35 years. They even knew the name of my 1st wife that I...
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    Survival; Just bought a car wash, Now tunnel opening a block away

    Yes, it is. In addition, you get a free interior clean and and $100 in credits. Also, you apparently lock in any additional memberships at %50 off. I imagine this is a tactic to drive up high memberships and the group that eventually buys them out will likely do away with it. Heckuva deal...
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    Beneficial Ownership Filing.

    No, so I guess you have a point there, and I did use my social security # on one entity . But still, it seems the government has the info they need if they wanted to figure it out themselves.
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    Beneficial Ownership Filing.

    I said what the heck and filled mine out today. What a waste of time and government resources/money. There is nothing there that the feds couldn't have got from my LLC documents I filed at my secretary of state's office except for my photo ID. It took me 10 minutes per LLC.
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    Multi use bay soap

    I appreciate simplicity, but If I were you I'd reconsider undoing this and going back to separate tanks. It's doubtful that one product can be tweaked to peak performance without affecting the performance of the other. This is assuming you have a typical setup that's common in the industry for...
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    Survival; Just bought a car wash, Now tunnel opening a block away

    My guess is the low price helps with an extremely quick ramp up. After a year these members are a relatively small part of the overall membership and are probably a break even. This deal will probably only be up a few more days, but here's the sign up portal. You also get $100 in credits to...
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