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A customer discussed with me his concern about our SS using non-heated water for high pressure rinse because he said it freezes on his car by the time he goes to dry it. Temps were around 10 degrees F at that time. We have four high pressure functions (soap, wax, clear coat, and rinse) and only...

I have two Navien NR-240 tankless on-demand water heaters that lead to a holding tank feeding 7 self service bays. The incoming water pressure is regulated to 60PSI and passes through a water softener first before going to the water heaters. Problem is, during moderate use, one of the water...

Hey guys, I’m not sure how to respond to this. It’s the first time in 7 years someone has ever brought this to my attention. There are other washes in the area with higher pressure then mine and others with lower pressure...

I have a 7-bay self-service wash in Omaha, NE. I’m looking into replacing my 120 gallon insulated hot water storage tank which is 29 years old and leaking. At 2k a pop, I’m thinking now at replacing the entire boiler unit as it is almost 20 years old and very inefficient. I was at the Heartland...

What do you guys do to backup your CCTV video files? I thought about uploading files daily to offsite server storage which is fine but what if something happens and someone breaks into the equipment room and steals the DVR sometime before the backup is done? SOL right? I could do backups every...

I have been using a Walter’s two-valve float valve to fill a hot water holding tank that supplies all 7 pumps with water. I noticed recently the tank had drained completely starving the pumps of water. When the demand for hot water ceased, the tank filled back up. Upon observation of this...

Has anyone ever done this? I haven?t heard or seen this installed before but I think it might be a good idea, easy to implement, and not very expensive. I?m looking at adding air to one of my two open selections on my rotary switch. I?ll just run an air hose from my compressor to one side wall...

A guy contacted me claiming my hog's hair foam brush damaged his car on April 7th. He said he sprayed his car down and sprayed the foam brush before he used it. He said he didn't apply much pressure and didn't feel any scratching when he used the brush. I pulled the video of the guy who used the...

I have a 25-year old boiler that heats the floors at my 7-bay SS wash. I repaired a couple lines that did not pressure test last year. All lines now pressure test just fine. The boiler runs at 14lbs pressure when it is on. With temperatures fluctuating above and below freezing, the boiler kicks...

The floor heat system by far my biggest headache of this car wash. I have a 7 bay self-service wash that has 36 coolant lines (18 out and 18 in) servicing the 7 bays. When the system starts after being off for a while, the coolant takes a half hour to a hour to circulate consistently. The...

I have an older Jarco Boiler 700,000 BTU built in 1981. It runs floor heat for 7 bays. Recently it has started to short-cycle on/off every 5 seconds. That's 12 times a minute, 720 times a hour. I hope I don't break anything allowing this to continue. I have replaced the low temp and high temp...

When I bought my carwash two years ago, the inlet outlet temp settings have been 110 degrees F for the outlet temp and 90 degrees F for the inlet temp. This year, in an attempt to get the temp down to a setting just high enough to keep all the bay floors from freezing, I turned down the temp...

My foam brush puts out foam with the viscosity of shaving cream. I have used other washes in the area that pour out the suds from the foam brush at a high rate with a lot of water more like foamy water to me. To a customer, which method would be best? Thanks!

It all started last March 2007. I purchased a new CAT 5CP2120W pump to replace an older one in one of my least-used bays. I installed it and set the pressure at 1500 PSI. I noticed the pressure at the spray gun was significantly less. I would estimate it at 900 – 1000 PSI. I cranked the pressure...

Currently I'm at $2 for 4 minutes, but I would like to keep business consistent and perhaps pull in some more customers during the slow summer season so I'm thinking of reducing my minimum start from $2 to $1.50. I've talked to some people in the business and they have said you don't know if it...

I just finished my prototype notification device. What it does is detect when my changer is down (the out-of-service light illuminates). Then the software I wrote takes the signal and sends emails to any valid email address and also sends a text message to my cell phone letting me know I have a...

I had to replace a hose on the system so the pressure was at zero until I got it replaced. I had to refill the 5 gal hoding tank for the solution. When I filled it up, the hydrominder didn't pull product in for about 15 seconds so I believe I'm a little light on the foam solution. Would the...

I have a guy coming out to my 7-bay SS wash to take thermal imaging pics of the floor heat. He says he'll be able to find all the leaks within a pencil width of their source. Seems to accurate to be true, but I already found two of the five leaks myself between the front skirt cement area and...

My floor heat sucks. I have had my 7-bay wash for over a year now and I?m into my second winter. There are 18 lines running into the floor heat manifold and 18 lines running out. When I got it there were four lines (2 in, 2 out) completely disconnected from the manifold and four others (2 in, 2...