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414 is perfered vac motor
we use 414 as we have over 60 vacs in service, brushes are very easy to change out and the small price difference when your out in the field doing service work is worth it to us.
Adams vacs on the other hand are extremely hard to service, brushes are very hard to...
its looks a grounding problem floating ground ie grounds are not tied to a common reference, we purchased a carwash that timers would turn off or on a random time, problem existed for years power company even came out and recorded power measurments and it took us about a year to figure it out...
since the ICA SHOW IS ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY THE HOTEL ROOM RATES FOR THE WEEK END HAS INCREASED GREATLY, WOULD PERFER MID WEEK SHOW TIMES AT LEAST SAVE A FEW $$$
rowe 1600 fix
we have the 1600 Rowe,s and their fantastic, MEI had to design a fix and the fix was down loaded via the internet into the rowe 1600 automaticaly. Problem was fixed and did not have to remove prom chip and once mei knew what to fixed its great
letter received Star insurance(large west coast car insurer) all car wash insurance programs discontinued , any ideals for insurer that will cover car washes on west coast.
cost to operate a je adams combo vac
we paid about $5500 for top of the line je adams combo units, after 3 years 6 control board failures out of 8 units failed, customers able to unscrew plastic hose connectors pull hose out of unit short wires from hose and blow main control board,$600 for...
went to 2017 car wash show in Vegas and mentioned that combo vac had problems and thier attitude from an jd adams sales lady was that you don't know how to maintain your equipment and that our equipment is not at fault, also talked to a senior engineer for adams, he explained the redesign of...
TALKED TO ADAMS TECHNICAL SUPPORT, discused what problems we had in installing updated board and lack of information for a complex installation (12 pages of instructions), getting JD Adams to support and Warrenty boards because their old design was defective( failure prone) is on going their...
purchased 8 jd adams combo Vacs shampoo unit , in a two year period 6 vacs have failed, at $600 a board to replace, adams finally came up with a upgraded board so old boards are junk and now must replace with new board with pump upgrade kits. new problem boards with conversion is new boards are...
found failure rate on single phase baldor units excessive had 5 5hp single unit 3 failed in a year quality is way down excessive current draw or start winding failures.
welding took the jump
for years we tried to fix stainless steel with all kinds of mickey mouse fixes glue, drilling, unistrut, taping, took the jump and bought Lincoln mp 210 welder, took a welding class and now weld SS steel, not a top notch welder bit with the help of a grinder welds look...
crypto pay charges
reviewing last months credit card deposits thru crypto pay, we see a 9.14% charge on all deposits from ignite payments credit card processor, includes wells fargo/ignite charges processing this includes all charges and $ deposited, not included are monthly internet connect...
we go to buy equipment, went to Nashville and now going to Vegas , seems the ICA is interested in justifying their existence. we go to the show to see and buy equipment, that's our interest. Nashville was short on other things to do, so we did a little touring on our own. at least vegas has...
our bank was bought out and a new set of fees we just received cost are due to company that picks up $ from the bank and they process coin and $ bills fee's are
currency/coin deposited $1.85 per$1000
checks paid 0.20 per item
currency order $1.85 per $1000
this used to be a great bank, but...
have been trying to contact rowe for some replacement decals, seems there not there any more, what happen to this company there are not responsive talked to them several months ago and seem like new people took over now no response for e-mails
all signed up and added my lead people this year, this is where we look, ask questions, look for weak spots in equipment and buy equipment, have always come with new ideals and ways to improve. where else can you take a close up look. yes it cost money but we have made money with equipment we...