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I got a call from a customer who said while using the bay it just stopped. He said the display was blank and nothing worked. I asked him what function he was using when it shut off and he said he was using the Foam brush. When I got there the 24 volt breaker for the low voltage system was...

This morning our clean up employee walked into the equipment room and heard air hissing from the air compressor. The tank on the air compressor had a hole in the bottom of it. The tank has an automatic drain on it to keep the water out of it. We replaced it with 20 gallon Porter Cable from...

We took over a car wash that has Dilling Harris coin boxes installed with Hamilton DTI timers, with Neuron surface mount credit card readers in the coin boxes. The coin boxes are connected to a Hamilton Dan system. A couple of the card readers don’t work. We called Hamilton and they said “Nope...

I need to replace my 3/8" plastic Presoak hose, you look at it sideways and it'll break. It's not colored, it's kind of a natural looking plastic. What does everyone recommend?

Our foam brush hoses from the equipment room out to the bays have deteriorated to the point that they are cracking and leaking so it’s time to replace the hoses. The hose is currently 3/8” would a ¼” hose gave us a faster product delivery or should we stay with the 3/8’ hose.

We have a MARS AE2631 validator in our bill changer. We have been super busy the last few weeks so the validator has been getting a hard workout. Friday it wouldn’t take a bill, the red light on the back of the validator was steady On, controller light is steady green. I cleaned it and powered...

We have a Hamilton RNS bill changer that has started stealing money every now and then. It has a Mars validator installed and has worked flawlessly for about 3 or 4 years. We cleaned the transport in the bottom with Windex, the white wheels are white again, and the cleaning didn’t help. Does...

We have a Mars validator installed in a Hamilton ER-60 bill changer. Now that the warranty has just expired we are starting to have problems. The validator will cycle on and off while it is in standby. We bought another validator on EBay and all was good for about a month and now it is doing the...

We’ve got a pretty good argument going on here in the shop. One of our mechanics wants to connect air to the Dixmor Weepmizer instead of water and purge the lines with air just as if it was water. We have the Weepmizer set to come on at 34 deg. 10 seconds On 50 seconds Off and so on, staying on...

We are thinking about installing cameras at one of our car washes. With all the different types of systems does anyone have a system or a suggestion that they feel is best suited for the car wash? We are tired of being used as a door mat for the public, trash dumping, auto repair work in the...

We recently acquired a used Hamilton RNS Bill changer from a closed Laundromat. When you put in a $1 it will sometimes payout 3 quarters, when put in a $5 it will payout short, the same with a $10 or a $20. When it pays out wrong it doesn’t shut down it keeps working. I’ve taken the cover off...

I was cruising the internet looking for car washes and found this car wash/Lube Center that is being auctioned off in Pasco Washington. http://www.mbauction.com/auction/captain-phils-car-wash-quick-lube-online-auction/

With the recent breach of security at Target and the loss of Credit card/Debit card information of 40 Million customers does anyone see any changes coming to how credit cards will be handled in the future? Will the mag stripe card be replaced with a Smart card? Will it require any equipment...

We don’t have floor heat systems because we only get a few cold snaps every year and we are beginning to think that it isn’t feasible to keep the car wash open during very cold weather, lower than a day time temperature of 27 degrees. We have a cold snap coming that is going last about 4 or 5...

We had a Procon pump fail yesterday that was used on one of our Presoak systems. Are these pumps worth having them rebuilt or should we toss it? The pump is stamped with a date of 1996 on the body.

We are in the process of acquiring another car wash. The Self-Serve bays have 2 - 8’ 110 watt H.O Fluorescent dual bulb fixtures in each bay. Most of the plastic light diffusers are broken or cracked. Which way should we go? Or what would you do? Option 1 – Re-lamp the car wash with 110 watt...

We currently use the expensive anti-freeze foam brush soap at our washes. During the day the temperature is almost always above freezing so using the anti-freeze soap is total waste of money during the day when the temperature is above freezing. Does anyone know of a system or how to construct a...

My maintenance guy called this afternoon and said the one of the changers shut down with an error “Unexpected Hopper Payout” What does that mean? How do we correct it? He said the controller was flashing an error code 5 flashes and then 3 flashes, unexpected Hopper 3 payout. There’s only 1...

I just saw on one of the other sections that a new operator doesn’t have much operating capital and it got me to thinking. How much startup operating capital should a newby have on hand at the time they sign the papers for their new venture. Just curious as to what you guy’s think. An existing...

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone on the Forum a Merry Christmas and a Joyous Holiday. We hope and Pray that 2012 brings more joy and happiness than 2011 did for you and you families. http://www.elion.ee/docs/joulukaart/eng/