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  1. mjwalsh

    Oscilloscopes Latest Enhancements

    I recently decided to revisit the possibility of investing an oscilloscope to hopefully help with troubleshooting the large variety of equipment we have. What I found that they are now much more affordable dollar wise in relation to their features. I have not invested in one yet ... still...
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    Coinco Vantage Bill Acceptors & Their Paper-Coupons?

    Based on some previous ... albeit ... a few years back threads & posts I know that some of my fellow forum members opted for Coinco Vantage Bill Acceptors & their accompanying paper coupons. Earl Weiss is one operator who comes to mind who went the Vantage- Paper Coupon route. Just wondering...
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    Wood Used for Car Wash Framing ... thoughts-opinions-experience?

    There is brand new car wash being built in our area. Keep in mind I have never been against healthy competition ... in case someone questions my motives for posting the below picture during the early stages of development of the self service. I personally am biased in favor of lightweight...
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    Non Customer Video Footage Street Accident Requested Service?

    We recently had an insurance company person call us wondering if our cameras reached the street intersection on our corner lot. They wanted to see if there was right of way violation or speeding by one of the two specific vehicles. I provided it for them without mentioning a "upfront charge"...
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    1/4" Plastic Tubing Normal Life???

    It has been almost 36 years since we added presoak, tire/motor, spot free etc & started using some 1/4" plastic or nylon tubing. We also use the same tubing to lock & unlock our overhead doors. We notice that we are getting more frequent leaks lately.... do any of you think it would be a good...
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    BODY CAM PLUS & MINUSES?

    I very recently was part of an intensive 13 week 3+ hours sessions that our city put on to make it so interested citizens can be more informed. One of the sessions was with our local police department. The Officers who I mingled with all seem to be in favor of them finally getting body cams...
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    Tankless Combi Water Heating & Floor Heat?

    I am in the process of getting local quotes on a Tankless Combi Water Heating & wall baseboard installation. For some reason locally there seems to somewhat a phobia for any brand of a Tankless Combi Water Heating & Floor Heat that is resulting in higher than normal bids. We are tempted to do...
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    Fleck Softener 2.0 vs 1.5 gpm refill flow control 1700 Brine Valve

    I wonder how important it is to match the exact original Fleck gpm refill flow control 1700 Brine Valve? In other words... I wonder if it would create a problem on our softener system if we replaced brine valves that said 1.5 on them with 2.0 ones. Would it just mean it would refill the brine...
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    U.S. Census Bureau Survey for Car Wash Income Categories?!

    I am sure that many of my fellow car wash owners have received in the mail ... what seems to go way beyond our 100% honest reporting for normal IRS record keeping & reporting requirements etc. Any thoughts? I think it goes into too much minutia requiring valuable resources going towards...
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    Discounts Based on Payment Methods

    Just passing on FWIW ... what a poster on the coin laundry association forum just posted this morning during a discussion of recovering lost gross revenue from credit card &/or phone app "merchant fees". Granted ... in some geographical areas it might make sense to offer a "discount for cash"...
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    RFID also for Inventory & Asset Management Purposes???

    I am pretty sure that some Car Wash distributors, manufacturers & even some of us at the car wash operations level have implemented not just barcode tags ... but the "not needing line of sight" passive RFID coded tags. Any words of wisdom when it comes to using that nifty technology ... mainly...
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    Calling all Operators with "Hands On" on Various Brands of PLCs

    One of the influencers for me to go with PLC for our dog wash was the founder of this Car Wash Forum ... William P. Pitzer. I know "at the time" he personally leaned towards Automation Direct. Over 10 years ago we went with what appeared to be Automation Direct's former partner EZautomation...
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    Repurposed 400K HVAC Deicer Heat Exchanger

    Since our industry has some copper-brass heat exchangers ... I am excited to share how great this is working for the large vegetable garden at our house. The 400K HVAC Heat Exchanger shown is taken out of a discarded Raypak Deicer-Snowmelt Boiler. One pic shows the the timer which make it so...
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    Fail-Safe RO Reject Water Recycling Suggestions?

    We are brainstorming a bit about the most "foolproof & failsafe" way of recycling RO reject water. We still have a pristine "barely used" but older 1" three port brass diverting valve that was part of when we had to re-do our boiler system back in in the middle nineteen eighties. Putting...
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    The ends on most 4 x 40 RO Membranes???

    We took out the Cellulose Acetate (CA) 4 x 40 Membrane from our Specialty Equipment RO unit. It has an open hole on both ends which I consider as female on both ends. We assumed that there was standard in the RO industry for 4 x 40 Membranes that they would all have the same type of ends as the...
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    Charcoal RO Pre-Filter Transition

    Hopefully someone here can somewhat verify that I am choosing the proper backflush Carbon Pre Filter with the best quality automatic controls. I was hoping I could order an acceptable "Turnkey Carbon Pre-filter Portion" of a car wash 4"x40" membrane RO-Spot Free System from KR along with a...
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    Concern to Car Washes CLA Laundromat Forum Thread?

    Larry Adamski May 22, 2022 7:29 AM Larry Adamski Glenn, My limited understanding of credit card rules is that an EMV (chip) card trumps a non EMV card reader. Any chargeback dispute will be automatically won by the EMV card user. Most credit cards today are EMV cards thus shutting off...
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    Fleck Softener 1700 Brine Assy Parts Advice-Coaching Needed

    Fleck P/N 15415 fitting,insert,1/2",tube & P/N 16123 Nut, Brass fell apart too much so we can't take them to our Local Ace Hdwe to compare & buy local. There is no actual local Fleck dealer that we know of here in Bismarck, ND. We are hoping one or more of this forum's Fleck experts can tell...
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    Rest-Rooms with Blue Light?

    Like many car wash - convenience store facilities we have a rest room for our customers. It is IMO a plus also for the car n dog wash portion of our business. Having said that .... we really don't want the restroom(s) to be too extra nice... to the point that some customers &/or customers...
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