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    Rowe 400 changer thoughts

    have 6 in service, takes a while for people to trust putting in a $20 bill, but the look on their face is worth it, main problem we have seems be in the hopper on $5 pay since we vend $ tokens and Quarters it some times hangs up and short changes customer. it tells us what it did, nice...
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    Which Pressure Reg?

    at a ica show a pump rep from a competing company recommended general pump gp k7 series unloader, best un loader, we have a lot of these in service and they are super great by pass unloader. last a very long time, when they wear out because we cant adjust pressure to desired level we just...
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    Kleen Rite How Could You?

    you can also add hydro spray company which is a equipment supplier to kleen rite, purchased several pumping plants which had warrenty problems. followed up on kleen rite request to send defective parts to hydro spray, 3 months have gone by no response from hydro spray, kleen rite is waiting for...
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    for those people who are complaining about income, HAPPY NEW YEAR

    the first thought in many peoples minds is make more money by raising the start price, marketing 101 teaches that there are other ways to make money, next time your in the grocery store; marketing 101 is practiced there. We are encircled by gas stations with automatic washes with start prices...
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    for those people who are complaining about income, HAPPY NEW YEAR

    we have had the same price for about 5 years in multiple locations and plan to stay this way as we watch out competitors increase prices , we are about a penny a second, during the past five years ,we have not increased prices for time vs coin deposited , Business has doubled, lots of new...
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    Dixmor LED 6 timer/display

    led 6 comments love the led 6 easy to use, have had some of the bright light displays fail, not as good as the led 5 displays
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    any recommendations,failure of single phase baldor motors

    have over 50 motors in service, at 12 locations
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    any recommendations,failure of single phase baldor motors

    that requires a motor generator, switching,. 3 phase is the best way to go, in some locations very expensive to get 3 phase installed. Just looking for good quality motors, prefer us made if their is such a thing any more. off shore products(china) generally very poorly made and a few dollars...
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    any recommendations,failure of single phase baldor motors

    have a string of baldor motors about 4 years old, appear not to have the quality construction of older motors, been failing at a alarming rate. Is there any recommendations for a higher quality ( usa made) motor. Grangers motors have a hit & miss quality issue also. advantage with grangers that...
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    LED conversion for the SS bays

    when thru conversion, had 250 MH, converted, bought us made units , because we need to service units in the future, about 6 months old , the output is great, units are ( believe) are 64 unit leds. was warned not to look into fixture when lens was not installed, they are that bright. happy with...
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    24V issues in coin box?? Need help.

    220 or 120 makes no difference, what is needed is that all grounds be it metal case tied to system electrical ground, it appears that there are separate returns which indicated by voltage differences. electrical system if its 220 or 120 all 24 voltage's must be the same, if there are voltage...
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    24V issues in coin box?? Need help.

    thought about your problem, trying ungrounding meter looks like your using 220, may be a problem with ground loops isolate each bay electrical system by eliminating ground wires and see how system operateds
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    24V issues in coin box?? Need help.

    may be floating grounds, check for voltage differences between grounds of each system, recommend slow blow 4 amp fuses, 7 amp improper size for 100 va transformer, coin co vantage units in our view are junk units( nothing but trouble) , check cable runs 24 volt power needs current to meet power...
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    parking in wash bay and not moving. any ideals

    that's what we try to do, there are a few who have an attitude that is different from the norm, this is when the police get involved, what criminal terms or wording could be used in describing to police what we want done. Need to be polite and professional, physical force wont work with these...
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    parking in wash bay and not moving. any ideals

    what type of complaint can be filed against a person who washes his car in the bay and then refuses to move as they dry and detail their car in the bay and won't move. Lately we have had this happen several times with customers waiting to use the bay and we have had to have the police show up to...
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    Using magnet to activate selector on self serve

    he's not kidding , time to up grade
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    Problems with Air Shammee Dryer running hot?

    air shamme deleted the dump valve, for simpler system , air flow with a by pass for gun shut off , units need air for cooling. each motor is about $45. tried just replacing brushes, did not last long so now we just replace 3 motors at one time and throw away the old ones. 2-3 years of heavy...
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    Catastrophic Power Surge

    we have had 2 very major electrical shunts in last 6 years at two locations first shunt occurred when one wire broke on a SCE power company transmission line broke and hit a vacuum with 11000 volts, causing a back feed thru the vacuum. thru the 3 phase in the transformer blowing it up and...
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    Wierd issue in self serve bay

    check neutral and wire grounding thru out car for ground loops, stuck valve, switch may be going bad. sounds like one the head beater problems
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    Water in Cat Pump 623 Oil

    take a close look at the crome sleeves in the sun lite if there are any scratches on the sleeves throw them away scratches will led to suction problems & damage the inlet seals and don't skimp on the little O-rings.ok to reuse Teflon back up rings if not bent. it is a lot cheaper to it right the...
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