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  1. MEP001

    Looking for ideas

    Grainger will likely be the most expensive. I can find it online pretty cheap, unfortunately it'll cost a fortune to have shipped, might actually be cheaper to pick it up from Grainger. Or shop around locally, someone is bound to have it.
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    New coin changer recommendations

    SimpliSafe is one of the easiest alarms for crooks to bypass.
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    Pump problem

    Is there any chance you're putting the seals in the wrong way or in the wrong place? When you run a bay, do you feel a large surge of pressure when you first pull the trigger?
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    Looking for ideas

    Don't listen to that guy, I mean just look at that shoddy work. Just kidding, that's a very good way to do it. There are a lot of Coleman washes in my area that use a trough like that, and they tend to be the only one without a lot of issues after a hard freeze.
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    New coin changer recommendations

    I'd probably just remove the Rowe and install the Hamilton in the same opening, add security of some kind to the new one, and add an alarm to the room. I've been looking at a closed wash that has the room door in the back away from view from the road, and it's been broken into many times. I'd...
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    Pump problem

    In how long? Have you looked down into the manifold and checked for erosion? Are you using weep guns? Are you talking about the high pressure seals or the valve o-rings? The only minor thing I can see with your plumbing, and it doesn't cause the problem you're having but only affects the...
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    New coin changer recommendations

    The rear door of a Hamilton is pretty secure, but not as much as what you have. LockAmerica has a replacement barrel that lets a hockey-puck lock over the Medeco plug for more security. It takes just a few minutes with a grinder and cutoff disk to get the door open.
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    Mortons Clean and Protect Softener Salt

    You can't spell "urinary tract infection" without UT... wait, never mind.
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    Microcoin QL programming

    I wonder if it's an issue with the gate. I had some Slugbuster II's that would let dollar coins through if someone tried enough times, and it just kicks its way through the gate with no credit. I bent the top of the armature in a little as suggested by Linda Parker and it helped, but you have...
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    Microcoin QL programming

    I deal with an older wash with Microcoin QL from about 2005 in everything. They've been almost flawless. I bought some about three years ago and they've been nothing but trouble, mostly jamming a lot. They must be older than what Roz is working with, because the programming instructions on...
  11. MEP001

    Vacuum quarters return and won’t drop

    So did you get your dryers fixed?
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    New coin changer recommendations

    RNS won't cover the opening, but it does hold twice the quarters.
  13. MEP001

    Had a customer who almost ripped and bent our tire brush arm off the wall.

    The cheapest booms are $165 now. The good ones start at $300. So it's not worth five minutes and $4 per bay, just because " this is the first time this has happend?" Sorry, but that's just ignorant. But you do you. If this happens again on a Friday evening and you have a bay down all...
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    New coin changer recommendations

    I know for sure you can get a large HSH-Q hopper in a Rowe BC-1400 cabinet. I'm sure you can get the smaller one into a BC-200. Hamilton does make a version of the ER-60 with a taller faceplate to cover the opening left by removing a BC-1400, but I believe the standard ER-60 fits with a little...
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    Bad Support

    When you cycle power, make sure you leave it off for a good 30 seconds. The only time I've ever had a hard drive suddenly fail completely was when I cycled off my PC and turned it back on while the HDD was still spinning, and it made a noise and was dead after that.
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    Mortons Clean and Protect Softener Salt

    You don't need to sanitize the brine tank. Nothing could possibly live in the brine.
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    Vacuum quarters return and won’t drop

    I guess you got your dryers fixed? What is "everything?"
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    Foam brush soap for HP soap?

    That's what I was looking for. It's gotten really expensive. I used to pay $15 for a bottle.
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    Educating Myself on the Industry - Should I get involved?

    It's not a requirement, but the survey I remember was based on the research McDonald's does before they build a location. It's based on traffic count, among other things, not about what's nearby to eat.
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    Mortons Clean and Protect Softener Salt

    The Diamond crystals are from dried salt lake water. I'm much more concerned with it clogging the screens and injectors in the head, and I've seen it happen. They do make a pellet salt, which is pretty clean. I've never noticed a scum buildup or heavy debris in the bottom. I'm curious about...
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