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  1. mjwalsh

    Dollar Coin Vote?

    http://www.dollarcoinalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/TimeForChange.pdf I thoroughly read the above document & I could not find any significant inaccuracies & I thought the references that the information was based on ... to be more solid & credible than the opposition who have made &...
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    Boiler Replacement Options - Win a $25 Restuarant Card!

    Rocky, My intent is not to confuse anyone but I would make sure that I was not using a green wire that might have been put in for safety purposes for the wire being a long term substitute for a neutral voltage return wire (main electrical entrance panel). In other words, the green wire may...
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    Anyone want to talk me off the ledge?

    Diamond, We use an old Sears 6 HP shop vac for our about one tenth the size smaller pit in our Laundromat. Is it OK to watch you while you do all of your car wash pits with something similar? Your assignment is to get a demonstration of the process on YouTube. Lets see now ,,. maybe one of...
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    Bonus tokens with credit cards?

    BBE, To some extent ... it comes down to who runs the show ... a very tiny % of customers ... or you the owner. Last week, I had an experience with a new user in our dog wash who was extremely happy with how it worked for her. She asked for a paper token to give to her Mom & when she asked if...
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    Dollar Coin Vote?

    You must be talking about quarters & not the easily distinguishable golden dollar coins. Like I.B, said the coins are & will continue to be recycled more conveniently than the quarters. Also, it appears that it is closer to 7 or 8 times as fast based on the previous links I shared not the...
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    Dollar Coin Vote?

    deficit correction response http://www.cumminsallison.com/us/en/products/coin-counting-machines/jetsort-6000 http://www.cumminsallison.com/us/en/products/currency-handling Also truthful observation ... based on our banking experience. All the banks I go to have preferred coins to be loose...
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    Dollar Coin Vote?

    deficit facilitators Why would that small minority of consumers & businesses in the USA who rarely sees the dollar coins (because of deliberately orchestrated non availability of the coins) feel a "need" vs a "want" for the very inexpensive update to accept & dispense dollar coins. We have had...
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    Anyone want to talk me off the ledge?

    Jeff, The way I have seen it ... the vac is more thorough. For our pits when the hired vacuum pumper guy comes ... it is nice to get all the little floating debris too. My nickels worth. We used to hand shovel into a homemade trailer so I am kind of speaking from experience on the...
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    Does anyone have LED wallpacks?

    Cantbreak80, Out of curiosity ... can you elaborate a bit on your "over-the-top control system" that you use for your lights. We are in the process of finalizing what our PLC will do for our 54 2' G&G LED arrays (108 feet total) that are not 100% installed as of today. We are leaning towards...
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    coin box thermostatically controlled heater

    I'm with 2Biz on this one ... I think there is a legitimate concern about heat ... especially in parts of the country where summer temps can reach into the 90s & beyond. Remember the coin box is closed ... normally with no vent or fan to dissipate heat ... possibly just a heat sink here &...
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    Flat tar roof

    I agree with Robert Roman on the membrane approach .. with a few comments to add. Gabriel, We had an 8 inch thick hollow core prestressed sections for our car wash roof with a built up tar roof. We do not regret having gone a Duralast membrane on top of the existing about 12 years ago. The...
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    Stand Alone Air Shammee

    HWC, Just a thought ... if 3 lesser CFM motors instead of 2 higher CFM motors are used ... then a good enough quality 3 Pole relay could be used & it would make for less wiring & also 2 less relay coils in the specific circuit. 2 separate 20 amp breakers may also make sense so 110 volt won't...
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    coin box thermostatically controlled heater

    We are cointing on you to find a practical tiny humidistat sensor .... wash4me, I agree that a humidistat would be helpful. I am thinking that because there are sensors that they put in commercial dryers that save on energy when the humidity is low enough ... they are available. I have not...
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    3/8" swivels

    Randy & others, We having been using those also for about 20 years & notch them every time we rebuild them. We rebuild them 2 or 3 times with a kit & then it seems no longer practical to rebuild them. We have new Mosmatic - Hydrospray booms I wonder if there is any issue using them on that...
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    Cryptopay Installation

    That is where it is nice to work with companies that use good CAD software. On a smaller flat surface mounting situation ... quick printouts on most printers will yield a perfect template every time. The 1:1 scale setting on the right kind of paper to work with is helpful... especially in a...
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    Shipping a combo vac

    Ric, I have used www.freightquote.com a few times & the account person that I worked with on the available connections ... happened to be very good. They even seem to be able to explain other factors along with the lowest possible cost. Mike Walsh www.kingkoin.com
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    Customer claims pressure removed some paint from his bumper

    Jeff_L, Going too quick to the insurance company on these types of claims could be a Pandora's box of increased rates for all of us. We are the most familiar with how our equipment works ... not a potentially intimidated &/or lazy insurance adjustor. It sounds like the worst the claimant...
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    Futura Manual

    Waterlogged, I scanned the pages in now with the pdf ready when for when your email becomes available. I used the email feature of the Car Wash Forum so you should see an email from me & not just a PM. Mike Walsh King Koin
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    Futura Manual

    Waterlogged, I just went to my file cabinet in my office & I found a pristine copy of Specialty's 10 page Futura Time Machine with lots of details on its interaction with the other potential interface components. I will be happy to send you a PDF copy via email. Watch for a PM from me for my...
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    Customer claims pressure removed some paint from his bumper

    Whale - John & others, Even the best logic does not always work ... but we at least have the satisfaction of have tried ... so that we don't set up too many unreasonable precedents as to what is our fault & what is not. John's above point on adhesion of paint on plastic parts is right on ...
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