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Windshield washer fluid vending

packerscw

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Does anyone currently have a windshield washer fluid vending machine? Never really heard of it, until I was surfing the web and came across it. What do you think of it? How does it do? What is the cost?
 
Made one...cost about $800 to make, but I used parts I already had, so much less. Buy bulk fluid.

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I need to add that to the signage. You get about 1/2 gallon of -40F fluid. I'm think of going to $3 and get 3/4 of a gallon.
 
Not a lot yet. Last winter was not a messy winter and so I didn't use more than a jug all winter (usually I use 4 to 6).

Having said that, it has paid for itself already.

But the way I see it, its another revenue center that goes with everything else that brings in cash.

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Neither really...I buy it bulk and a truck comes and fills my own drums. I pay a certain price per gallon that is cheaper than anywhere else.

The company that fills mine have their own gravity fed dispensers like this one.
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I talked to the sales guy at Spenser about a year ago. I got the impression he didn’t want to talk to me and he kept putting me off when I asked what the cost of his dispenser was. As I recall it was very expensive, I don’t recall the exact price, but it was high.

The best windshield washer cleaner I’ve found is made in Salem Oregon by 20/10 products. www.2010products.com/products/auto.htm all the rest is mostly blue colored water. I mix up about 2 gallons a year, it really cuts the road film.
 
Would you really need a pump if you placed the chemical above the point of sale? Seems you would just need a timer and NC solenoid (plus hose and stuff).
 
A pump really helps. Gravity can make the solenoids act funny.

So a floject, timer, solenoids, regulator, coinbox, coin mech, hoses, nozzle, ball valves etc.
 
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