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5 gallon bucket with lid is $3 at Firehouse and will work for a long time, I've seen them used in tunnels as a temp fix that became permanent. Hang on wall with a hook, and drill/cut lid as needed.

Someone on these forums had the idea of using a traffic light control board from Amazon to control the 3x foam color sequence. It's like a $25 board, add some relays and solenoids, you're in business. Parts are more expensive everytime we buy, even within 1-2 months. And of course customers...

I get a lot of appliance parts from appliancepartspros.com - usually delivered in 2 days and competitive prices on OEM parts. Most of those solenoids are not serviceable as everyone else has said. They are usually permanently closed at the factory.

FYI, to save some money, If you buy 36x 5 gallon containers and 50lb boxes combined, you get free shipping

We have the foam generators for our FB in the equipment room at 1 location, furthest point is 2 bays away from ER, it takes forever for the brush to start dispensing foam properly - like 30+ seconds in the 2nd bay. We are going to re-plumb to have the foam generators over the bay with air and...

Nice find, seems like a lot of car wash parts are just repurposed items from other industries with a huge markup when bought from the "manufacturer". We have a couple of the sprinkler valves used as fill valves with an electronic float switch to control - they are available with 24v and 110v...

depends on the location, pricing, and clientele - each location is different for us. 1 location is a high price, more premium customer base where we replace on condition even if its working fine. We will use those parts to repair at our other location with a more $ conscious customer base where...

I hope it will fit. Seems like the bc200 inner dimensions are bigger except for width, which is only 0.25" more narrow, than an er60 according to the post in this thread?

We change $20 bills, so will have to check that, currently the machine pauses briefly every $5 to let the coin cup get emptied. If the cup isn't emptied, quarters start piling up behind the door.

I think a lot should depend on how long you realistically think this location will still be around. PEX is supposed to have a lifespan of 40-50+ years. Will the wash even still be around for that long? Probably will be demolished by that point if it's in a good location.

Probably going to be sooner than I thought, I just bought a new hopper and motor about 6 months ago for the bc200 and already having issues with jams and short changing customers and machine going out of service. Have a few other projects that are going to take priority, but hopefully within a...

I already have a spare smaller hopper out of an ACW that I'm going to try to get in the bc200. I already have a mars validator in the bc200 with the associated mounting hardware. From some quick measurements, I think I can move the validator over a few inches and the hopper should squeeze in...

Looks really good! Sounds like a ton of work

I'm pretty sure these will have the new programming style, the new ones can have tokens with value greater than $10, so the programming is different. If you look closely at the screen during programming, there will be a small blinking dot that moves to different corners of the screen during...

We are in the same boat as you with the same exact setup. I'm going to try to install hamilton guts inside the rowe housing if I can make it fit

If it is a computer with a spinning disk HD, pulling power is probably 1 of the worst things you can do.

Are these brand new? There is a different programming method on new ones. We had that issue on some new laurel vendors. We have QLs in all bays and vacs at 1 location, but are all older, and had to call someone to help us. I think we called laurel or hi performance wash

I am trying out the correct mixture for our SS presoak and HP soap and was considering adding scent. I agree with Kimberly, scent is important to majority of customers, probably not all though. Foaming and show is important to all SS customers I think, even more than actual cleaning ability. I...

Have you ever considered of adding scent in there as an extra layer of pizazz? Are scent concentrates even available to purchase on the market to do this?

Sad story, sounds like he probably had a bulk of his life savings in there too. Heard it all too often in small business, another lesson of buyer beware and verify literally everything in a cash business where any figures can be made up out of thin air.