That's definitely doable and worthwhile for an owner with 4-5 sites and growing. Problem is going to be finding a candidate with those skills and knowledge. Most of these guys will be in tunnels and hard to get them to transfer to a different model.
May try it, problem is even if I get the broken key out don't know if I have the key. This was broken by the previous owner and been like this for who knows how long. Aren't keys brass? The earth magnet will still get it out?
Do you have clean and DRY air feeding the flojet? Sounds like pump has an internal problem, have you put another one on to see if problem gets fixed? These pumps are pretty much disposable at this point, but will last longer with clean and DRY air feed
Assuming these are unattended IBAs? Might be worth getting goldlines or similar without a huge screen if so. Or if attended, get a metal cover made around them with a door that closes when site it closed, like what some tunnels use.
You are correct, we don't have the broken key, we never got it. But may try taking a small piece of metal or something else and still try the super glue.
I don't really know which security model of abus lock it is. I'll have to check the other vacs, pretty sure it would be the same lock.
Hey group, one of the abus locks that locks the change drawer in one of our fragramatics vacs has a broken key in it from the previous owner. We would like to get that out so we can start using the coin drawer instead of the bucket we have in there now. We have tried a cheap key extractor with...
To add a bit more to the moisture in air killing pneumatic actuators, as I understand it, actuators come pre lubed with a “lifetime” pneumatic lube. The moisture will wash away the lube over time and cause premature failure. Eliminating moisture should extend life. The other solution is to add...