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  1. Overachiever

    Air compressor pressure switch issue

    Anyone know why my pressure switch would switch itself from Auto to Off at random? I thought at first it was because I was bumping it into off position as I walked around in my equipment room, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I've tried replacing it and its still happening.
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    Toggle switch for Fragramatics auto fragrance

    Hey guys, Does anyone know what toggle switch works with the auto fragrance machine? It's the 3 selection machine. I tried calling Fragramatics but they didn't have any in stock and i've been waiting almost a month now and they still haven't shipped me it. Really want to get the machine...
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    Hit and Run

    Had a guy with too tall of a vehicle come through and trash my automatic. The vehicle had no plates, but he used a credit card so I have his name. Police are saying they won't take a report because there is "no criminal intent." Seems like BS to me. How do you hold the guy who did it...
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    Rewiring RO Machine

    Hey guys, Anyone have any idea on how I can rewire my RO machine to bypass the circuit boards and just have it turn on/off when the float switch says to? The circuit boards got hit by a hose leak and burnt up. I don't care about the TDS meter / toggle switch features it had on it but I'm...
  5. Overachiever

    People pulling out fragrance machine hose

    The method of securing the hose to the machine that the previous owner of my car wash used doesn't work very well and hose is continually getting pulled out of the fragrance machine, making it harder to get back in the next time around and sometimes kinking the little 1/8 tubes. I asked...
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    Water damage to IBA control box

    Would you pay this invoice? I have a relatively new Razor Edge, started washing cars end of February. I used the distributors recommended electrician. We had a few days of nonstop rain and I used it as an opportunity to take a break from the car wash and when I came in the machine was out of...
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    WSII - Bills accepted aren't counted

    I picked up a used WSII a few years ago and finally got around to installing it. Mars 2602 bill acceptor seems fine, LED is solid (OK) and I tried another acceptor just in case. They accept bills but the WSII doesn't register that they were inserted. I tried swapping the little harness cable...
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    How do I light the pilot on my boiler?

    Here's my dumb question of the day. Somehow managed to own the car wash 5 years without having to deal with this. I had the gas was turned off for some remodeling and now I'm not sure how to get the thing lit back up. It's a raypak. All I've ever done in the past is just flip the switch on...
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    Paystation Location

    I'm lengthening my bay and raising my roof to make room for a new IBA, just wondering if anything has changed in the last 30 years when my old paystation enclosure was built. How far away from the entrance to the bay are people building their paystation enclosures now days? What height from...
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    New concrete slab thickness / mixture?

    I just tore out the concrete from one of my bays. It looks like the existing slab was 8" thick. Can I get by with 6" or is 8" some sort of car wash standard? Is there anything you mix into the concrete to make it better for the car wash environment? Also, how would you pour it for the new...
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    Storm Chaser Roofing Companies

    I had one of those roofing companies come by and say I had hail damage on my roof. The roof is sheet metal. Are they really going to be able to replace it with an insurance claim? Most of the houses in my area are getting new roofs but I always assumed I'd be exempt given the material my roof...
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    Architects

    Anyone have experience in using architects? I hired an architect to draw out the plans for raising my roof a couple feet over one of my bays and making the bay longer to make room for an IBA. I've sat on the drawings for a couple years and the codes have changed for roofing. Now he's...
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    Customer sprayed HP soap into meter box

    I was getting calls that one of my Ginsan 12 button Lumitouch stopped working and when I reviewed the cameras the last customer to use it successfully, was spraying high pressure soap directly into the coin slot for quite a while. What would you do? Call the cops and insurance? Ginsan says...
  14. Overachiever

    What meterbox selections to add?

    I have 3 available buttons on my meter boxes (my slowest bay actually has 4 since it doesn't have an air shammee), what other selections should I add? Seasonal bug off / desalt option and then something like rain x? What about my last button? I currently have: Tire / Engine Cleaner Presoak...
  15. Overachiever

    Alternative to air shammee nozzle

    Forking out $100 every time my customer breaks one of these air shammee nozzles is getting annoying. Are any of the other nozzles for the other air systems made for a 2" hose? I like the price of the turbo towel nozzle ($25) but theres no information on what type of hose it fits.
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    Water Softener install

    For those of you that have replaced an existing water softener with a smaller unit how much did you pay for the install? I bought a new softener and trying to go from 2" to 1.25" and removing automatics rinse from being soft water. One quote I received said it would take them 2 days / 40 man...
  17. Overachiever

    3-compartment separator / water basin

    The Water Reclamation people seem to think that I need to install one of these if I make any building changes to my 4/2 to put in a new Razor. How reasonable is this request to add it into an existing car wash? Anyone have any idea on how much it would cost? Anyone ever have any luck fighting...
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    Outside dryer

    Has anyone put in outside driers that weren't right next to the exit? My goal would to be able to dry and wash a car at the same time but I don't want to spend the money to lengthen my bay that much and I want to be able to process more cars since I'll be going from a 4/2 to a 4/1 with this...
  19. Overachiever

    Super bay / bonus time signage

    Can someone please share any pictures or the artwork for their super bay / bonus time signage? Trying to figure out how to word this stuff so people understand it.
  20. Overachiever

    Round safe head stuck, any ideas?

    This is a new safe that I got delivered from kleen-rite. Their is paper shimmed in around the edges and I've already slightly bent the handle trying to tug it out. The head of the safe is pretty much flush with the vault. Anyone have any bright ideas on getting it apart, or should I just send...
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