Rainbars.

[CarwashLive]

Working with a high volume express exterior. Has rain bars attached to the ceiling. ceiling is probably 20 foot high. Lots of moisture reaches the air dryer. Thinking about lowering the rain bars about 2 1/2 foot higher than the vehicle attached to an arch.

Has anyone had better quality of drying a vehicle this way? less moisture being sucked into the drying system.

Thanks
Christopher

Plus, I think the last rainbar is RO. And there’s a lot of contamination going on with the bars being so high.

Some places have a wall between the finishing and drying. This does not.

 

[liftheavy]

i would actually think it is more beneficial to have the rainbar up high for the final rinse. the water would hit the vehicle slightly harder. not sure if it would pick up any noticeable amount of tds for traveling 2 1/2 feet of space.

all in all i think it is a very negligible change.

 

[washnshine]

Do you have flash dry blowers right after the last rain bar? In washes that do, this will mitigate moisture entering your primary drying area.

 

[Earl Weiss]

I hung curtains at one location a couple of feet in front of the Blower intakes to reduce the amount of moisture they sucked in. I used to question why installers had intakes toward the entrance and now I see they do it the opposite way.