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  1. mjwalsh

    Questions about slab heat

    Earned kudos for 2Biz, I see by your photo that you did adhere to the 6 inch primary-secondary rule! I found an extra good visual simulation explanation on YouTube about the potential complication that some can avoid by paying attention to that 6 inch rule: (1) Primary-Secondary Pumping on a...
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    Cryptotap Plus

    The tap process appears to a bit like the Sam's Club Gasoline fill up process that requires the use of a smart phone's camera on their displayed QR code that has been around for a few years & I have used many times from its beginning. When it worked 100% ... I did notice that it was a time...
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    Questions about slab heat

    2Biz .... That 135 post thread that you started & finished back in 2012 was a real EPIC imho. The fact that your system has stood the test of time is (11+ yrs) also to very much to your credit. I notice with the Navien NFC-250/200H that we are currently putting in a residential retrofit in an...
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    Coinco Vantage Bill Acceptors & Their Paper-Coupons?

    Quote by Greg Pack: " I had coinco magpro coupons printed by a local commercial print shop. They figured out that some parts of the coupon were printed in magnetic ink, the other parts were non-magnetic. They had to print in two passes but were able to make me a customized coupon for a fraction...
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    Coinco Vantage Bill Acceptors & Their Paper-Coupons?

    Based on some previous ... albeit ... a few years back threads & posts I know that some of my fellow forum members opted for Coinco Vantage Bill Acceptors & their accompanying paper coupons. Earl Weiss is one operator who comes to mind who went the Vantage- Paper Coupon route. Just wondering...
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    Best concrete fasteners

    We also have some specialty suppliers locally who focus mainly on supplying everything related to concrete finishing. I have found them to have some combo epoxy-anchor processes that we have used successfully in the past to anchor our larger washing machines in concrete at our laundromat.
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    Best concrete fasteners

    We are lucky to have 2 places here locally ... Fastenal & an up & coming competitor of Fastenal. They can sometimes meet& even exceed our criteria ... including stainless steel ready rod etc!
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    Increase to $3 to start

    Exactly, based on our experience... especially on the laundromat side of our business ... 3 coins vs "forced to use" 12 coins makes a $3 startup more palatable for almost 100% of our customers.
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    City just told me I can't use salt in my softener. Options?

    Can someone elaborate on how potassium could help in some way??? Maybe...3M's secret ingredient is injecting a precise minute amount of potassium instead of the major process that regenerating does with traditional softening?
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    Increase to $3 to start

    If the leadership & extreme corruption at the federal level is cleaned up... hopefully there will be a need to avoid 100% cashless; which could mean that the practicality & availability of higher denomination coins could make a strong comeback IMHO! My perspective ... there is a way of not...
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    City just told me I can't use salt in my softener. Options?

    I do know that I am going to install residential wise a 3M AquaPure in line device that has a pretreatment (chemical mix gradually being released) cartridge that needs to be replaced every 4-6 months for a tankless to prevent calcification. A fellow laundromat owner said the 3M cartridges...
  12. mjwalsh

    Another tankless water heater replacing boiler thread

    2Biz & others, This Navien device appears to very much simplify (no nee to add add'l piping) keeping the water temperature continuously primed. I am not sure but with a little finesse maybe it could be adapted to other systems besides just Navien.
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    Another tankless water heater replacing boiler thread

    A local wholesaler (Ferguson) is delivering a Navien NNFC250200H COMBI TANKLESS for us this afternoon. This will be our first encounter with anything tankless. There appears to be nobody here locally specifically factory trained 100% certified to install which has to be a bit of a caveat. The...
  14. mjwalsh

    Water softener for my home...recommendations?

    Good info from both posts. As an another caveat ... hopefully, the alternatives to Kinetico & Culligan are available in enough areas of the country etc.?
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    Cellular Controlled Power Strip

    A few years ago I did some prototyping-programming with Arduino which could help open the door for the IFTTT - IOT platform that you are referring to. I am hoping I can find time to get back into that again! I wonder if any of the car wash forum members have played with the Android SDK...
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    Cellular Controlled Power Strip

    Newbie, Thanks for the link. I setup with 0 devices at this point at your Portal. I was expecting some type of ability to see how a device can be automated from the portal via some type of not too complicated software process or development. I saw no or just "on off" ability at this point...
  17. mjwalsh

    People washing at home more

    Just thinking out-loud ... car washes in cold enough climates tend to not worry as much about home washing during winter months. The bad news is that the winter months tend to be a much more difficult "daily operating wise" along with much shorter daylight hours! I have mixed feelings about...
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    Cellular Controlled Power Strip

    Newbie & others, Hopefully, you can provide a link to this "possibly worthwhile $15 service-product" for our industry. PM me if nothing else. I might be interested ... it sounds like part of the movement towards Cellular of Things Devices (SIM card based) ... a wee bit different than just...
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    Cellular Controlled Power Strip

    Not sure if this helps; but Ooma & Wyze seem to be expanding their control devices ... both tend to need broadband but both have smart phone apps growing more versatile it seams all the time.
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    Vacuum not sucking

    We find that swapping out with "washing machine cleaned" vacuum bags for the ones that are due for our front load washing machine cleaning process in our laundromat does the trick for maximum suction! Also ... we really notice that our Doyle 4 bag vacuums are better than some previous 3 bag...
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