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    How do I know if I need a water softener?

    All washes should have a water softener. ALL WASHES. I can't believe someone would let you build a wash without a softener.
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    Treadle Plate Issues

    This sounds like a stacking issue with the entry system. Depending on the type of entry system you are using, you should verify your Wash in Use or End of Wash signal settings. Almost sounds like your entry system is expecting an End of Wash signal, but getting a Wash in Use signal.
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    Wonky automatic door

    Something is up with the reversing circuit. If you don't have photo eyes on that door, I would suspect a freezing air switch or something along those lines. Could be a bad stop button in your push buttons as well, but that won't usually be an intermittent problem.
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    Hot water, Cold day

    I have seen the rear window of an F150 get blown out in an automatic. The truck had been sitting outside all morning in -28 Celsius and then we washed it. It blew out right after the second pre-soak pass.
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    How's Business Been?

    Are many of you using email blasts or email updates to keep your current clients up to date with what you are offering at your facilities? It seems to me like this would be an inexpensive way to make sure your current business doesn't wander somewhere else as well as maybe solicit a few new...
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    AK 47--CNN Reporter

    don't get me wrong, i think a free people should be free to have guns...however, he needs to check some facts. 70-80% of people in the US are Christian? 90% of people believe in God? I don't think so...
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    New Wash Gear Readers

    They are the new chromed readers. The are for Self Serve bays and work in conjunction with a little white control inside the box.
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    New Wash Gear Readers

    Is anyone using the new AE Readers from Wash Gear? Can you provide any experiences you have had with these units?
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    Label Source for Meter Box

    We use a Cast Vinyl with a high grade laminate on top. We had been using cheaper calendared vinyls, but they tended to expand and contract a lot with temperature change. Remember to make your cut-outs around the coin mech large enough so people don't hit the decal with coins and they should...
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    Air Dryer Controller

    No, because all of the coils from the relays are isolated. The contact side would all share the same common and be connected to whatever you will use to turn the dryer on.. No Short-Circuit possible.
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    Air Dryer Controller

    You could use relays. Each input that comes back would be wired to a separate relay coil. Then the contact side of the relay would be wired to your air dryer. You could also use a multiplexor. I build one for our stuff here in Calgary, but I am sure you can buy a ginsan one from Kleen-Rite...
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    LW 4000 Arch Rotate Problem

    be sure to check your trolley tires as well. I have seen low tires cause the arch to over rotate.
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    Ever had this happen? How would you handle it? (Part I)

    I had the opportunity to witness a rear window popping out of a pick-up in the not so distant past. We could only account it to temperature change. We were testing a wash and had washed it once previous, then left it outside in about -10C weather for about 5 minutes. Then when it went back in...
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    Super SAT Vs. Powder Made Easy

    I can't comment on the Powder Made Easy system as I have never seen or heard of it, but I sell Blendco simply because it gets the job done extremely well and the system is so adjustable for all situations. We have yet to have troubles getting a car clean using Blendco.
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