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    Help with my Dryers..

    My bay length is 30ft. If you have the room I would do a stand alone dryer arch and not a wall mount. Put it out as far as you can because you can process more cars that way. Once a wash cycle ends that vehicle can pull through the dryer arch while the next vehicle pulls into the bay. If you do...
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    Adding a Floyd Bell speaker to an automatic.

    You will need to run 5 wires to your bell. 1. 24VDC Hot 2. 24VDC Common 3. Speaker 1 (Drive Forward) 4. Speaker 2 (Stop) 5. Speaker 3 (Back Up) The 24VDC Hot and Common you will run straight from your cabinet. The three speaker outputs you will have to put in relays. Normally open operation...
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    Help with my Dryers..

    I dont believe the housings themselves made any difference with airflow. I changed them because the frame was too tall and I needed to lower the exhaust of the top dryers. With the plastic housing It gave me different options for nozzles and nozzle extensions. Plus I was putting in a new...
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    carwashconsignment.com BEWARE!

    Amy is a nice person and does not need to be a car wash technician to do her job. She also is not in control if a shipping company decides to cancel a shipment. She's always been honest, helpful, and responded to texts/calls even after hours. Sounds like you should be more mad at the forklift...
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    Help with my Dryers..

    MEP is correct. If you do not hear any bearing noise then chances are you still have lots of life left in them. However I disagree with him about swapping the impellers and covers. If you are going to swap the left and right blower, I would do a complete swap. Would only take about 2-3 hours...
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    Help with my Dryers..

    You can't just swap the blower housings. Blower impellers are made in a clockwise and counter clockwise direction for air flow. Those look like old premier dryers. If they are, you can buy a new plastic housing from premier that will bolt right on and you can add elephant ears/air knifes if you...
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    carwashconsignment.com BEWARE!

    Ive never had an issue with them. Bought and sold plenty of items. Amy is the best!
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    RV - Truck bay addition to SS wash

    I've seen them at two locations owned by the same owner. He told me that it was a learning curve for customers since they've never seen anything like it before. He was a owner operator and was there most of the day, so he did get time to talk to customers and explain how it worked in the...
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    RV - Truck bay addition to SS wash

    Car wash chemicals can not enter the city storm drains so you would have to tear out all that concrete and add a pit. I have a location that has five 14' bays. I only keep 2 of them open to large vehicles because of how much dirt, oil, grease, and garbage those larger vehicles bring (and...
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    Air Booms are having trouble staying against my wall.

    Listen to Soapy. Angle them down a little bit. Gravity never fails.
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    I have 6 left. Flint, MI.

    I have 6 left. Flint, MI.
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    .... And then there is AFGHANISTAN!

    That was 4 or 5 days ago. Come on man. Here's the deal lol
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    Razor not Measuring Cars Going all the way to the back

    What kind of eyes are you using? Switch to banner eyes if you are not already using them.
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    Hamilton Mobile App

    Damn Hamilton you didn't have to go so hard on cooll903. I purchased a new HTK in 2019 or 2020 and a new Commander purchased last year. In the HTK I replaced the receipt printer, controller twice, screen two or three times, ingenico card reader, and more that I can't remember. The Commander...
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    nayax vs cryptopay

    Yes they were all the VPOS Touch Units. Most of them the chip part of the card reader would not work. If you insert a chip card it would just say transaction cancelled. Would spend hours on the phone with those guys trying to change settings in them but It would never work. They would always end...
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    nayax vs cryptopay

    Crytopay is the way to go. Nayax sucks. I bought 19 nayax swipers on new vacs I bought and have probably replaced 14 of them. Some more than once. ALL WITHIN LESS THAN 1 YEAR! Oh and get this the new swipers I purchased that did not work right from the get go were replaced with refurbished units...
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    Electric Doors - Poly or Vinyl?

    Ive had both types. Air operated sucks and I don't blame you for getting rid of them. Go with vinyl. Worth every dollar. A customer hits them and they slide back in to the track and your back in business. There way more reliable than standard poly doors. The wind will not be a problem and there...
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    Help replacing a contactor

    Those contactors come apart and you can flip the coil around for a bottom feed.
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    Replacing the old vendor, but with what?! Recommendations?

    The machines fully loaded w/ custom decals, a 7th tray, rain topper, and high security door was under $8k. I think around $7800.
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    Replacing the old vendor, but with what?! Recommendations?

    Probably close to a year ago. I ordered them from a local distributor. I can get you their info if you want. Was nervous how they would do in a MI winter but no problems at all.
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