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I am having a LOT of trouble with idiots crashing into my WW's. I only have one camera in the bay and it is right inside the entry door and gets dirty from the UC spray. I would like to add more cameras in the bay. I just ordered the QSEE 8 camera system that is on their website. Any...

The breaker inside my ECC panel that is labeled "Gantry & presoak motors" is blowing erratically. After I turn the breaker back on it will wash anywhere from 3 to 16 cars and trip again. Usually after putting presoak on car. I tried running 6 wheel tests in a row and it did not trip the...

The boom in my gantry - the one with the osc. nozzles, etc. in it - has a broken belt. It is hanging down on one side about a foot below the other side. I have a replacement belt but have never replaced one. Anyone have experience with this? I assume I have to get the boom hanging level...

Does anyone with ultimate doors have any experience converting from belts to chain drive? Or anyone who has chain drive doors - have you had any problems with them. Particularly if you are in cold climate. I have belt drive doors that keep jumping a tooth, which leaves a gap at the bottom of...

I currently have Metal Halide wall packs in my self serve and IBA's and the lenses have turned brown. They don't put out nearly as much light as they did before the lenses turned brown. I would like to upgrade my lighting and am considering LED tube lights from G&G. I am concerned that the...

I just bought a Siemans motor starter for my 7.5 hp 3 phase compressor. But it came with the contactor and overload relay installed but no overload relays. If I read correctly the overload relay is a bimetal strip that connects the contactor to the overload control below the contactor. I...

Is it just me or my computer or is this new webpage very slow?

I am considering buying a Ring O Matic to clean my own pits. Does anyone know what regulations/laws there are that deal with disposing of pit mud in Pennsylvania? Is it considered to be hazardous waste in Pa.? I am not sure where I would be able to take the mud. Or if I can just dump it at a...

FWIW - I have replaced (two times) the 1" high pressure swivel 90 on the outlet side of my unloader. It developed leaks in the body both times. This is a steel hydraulic fitting. This time I noticed that huge chunks were removed from the inside of the fitting. They had to go downstream and...

I have a WW2.0 with the wheel scrubber option. The scrubber has a set of eyes mounted on the gantry to detect the front and back of each tire as it makes its first pass. I wash a lot of cars and do not have any problems with it. But this weekend I had someone go thru with a lowered car and it...

Has anyone installed the LED tube lighting sold by Keenrite? I would like to convert my metel halide lights to leds in my IBA's and SS. Pennsylvania has grant money that will help pay for energy saving lighting conversion. My concern is that the LED's will put out a comparable amount of light...

I am looking at raising my IBA prices. I have not raised my prices since 2005, but I did eliminate a $5 wash and rinse and add $1 to my top wash for a newly installed wheel scrub option in 2008. Right now I am at $6(12%) - $7(17%) - $8(37%) - $9(33%). I would like to raise them all by $1 but...

I hope I can explain this WW2.0 erratic problem properly. It started with a home prox error. Then within the next hour a wheel count prox 2 error. Then it alternated between wheel count errors and home prox errors. I kept getting a wheel prox 2 error. So I replaced that prox. Still the...

I am located in a cold location in N.E. Pa. Temps below zero are not unusual and yes people are washing the salt off of their vehicles even when it's that cold. Currently I weep all the time below 36 degrees. I am debating installing a Polor Freeze Guard or Weepmiser. The weepmiser is...

I have ultimate doors with nylon bearings - actually they are just a nylon bushing. The bearings are worn out and I would like to replace them with stainless steel bearings. Has anyone done this or does anyone know a part # or source for stainless bearings for doors. They are flange mounted...

I have ultimate doors and am considering replacing them with Wyndstar. Either the MT or WS3 model. I searched for Wyndstar threads and most of them were a year or more old. Can anyone who has had these doors for a while tell me how they hold up? Do the panels stay clear? Any maintenance...

I have 2 WS 2's. Both of them have quarters jam up in the so called "rolling coin chute" all the time. I have had 3 coin jams in the last 2 days. I tried buying new ones - they started jamming up within a month or two. Then I tried polishing the inside of the chute with extra fine emery...

Does anyone use Mars coupons in their SS bays? I have some government offices that want a way to pay for their washes and then be billed for what they use. I would prefer not to use tokens. My bill acceptors are Mars 2512. Supposedly the 2000 series acceptors are coupon ready. I'm just...

I have 2 JC WW2.0's. I am in a rural area and about 1/2 of my customers drive pickup trucks. I have a BIG problem with dirtbags who leave trash and beer cans in their truck beds. Last night I picked up 29 cans out of one bay. These cans get laying near the track that the WW runs on. Then...

I have a 2.0 that has 65,000 washes on it. Original pump and motor, not rebuilt. The motor tripped out 2 weeks ago and I had to reset the overload control on the bottom of the contactor and also replace the 24v 5 amp fuse that is beside the bank of 3 blue colored relays in the control panel...