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Earl, I remember a series of articles within SSCWN when JJJ wrote about many operators going without insurance. It may have been a coincidence but the insurance companies seems to shape up not too long afterwards. A owner-maintenance person is bound to have a slightly different perspective...

JustClean, Hey, if it get the belt tightened in the most economical, best & most straightforward way ....:) Let us know if it turns out to be the most practical of all! mike

Rocky, Hopefully, they have continuity between the earth ground (green wire normally) & the 24 volt neutral to avoid floating voltage. That continuity could be a way to tell. On our workbench we test for 24VAC hot often between the earth ground & the likely hot. Looking at most manufacturers...

TxHeat, I am with the camp who suggests isolating where the specific increased amperage is occurring with a very affordable clamp-on ammeter. Now that you have 2 motors it could help to put a motor on a bench to see if there is abnormal amp draw outside of the control &/or the switching relay...

MEP001 & others, Any other words of wisdom about VHB tape? ... we will be attaching it to a 3 dimensional print material called PLA. I personally have very little experience with VHB at this point in time. mike

I.B., Here I thought you had a photographic memory on every post that you have been even slightly part of!:) So sorreee:o http://forum.autocareforum.com/archive/index.php/t-7507.html mike

I.B. Washin, I know you are familiar with 3M VHB since if I remember right you posted about it & that is how humble me learned about it for the first time. Is there a reason why for this situation you are steering away from the 100 lbs pull VHB? Is it only because of the overkill on the...

From my limited experience ... Just a heads up & something to consider... depending on the specifics ... a shared neutral can potentially cause an electrical shock hazard & also an intermittent exasperating "ground loop". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_loop_(electricity) The shock hazard...

Rocky, The extra terminals will be on standby if ever needed. None of us have a crystal ball when it comes to potential future switching needs.:) mike

http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/17/pf/atm-bills/index.html If you read the above article carefully ... it also states coins. It appears like there will be between 600 & 800 of these more capable ATMs by Chase Bank alone by the end of the year. Just think ... the ATM owners can easily put $2 bills...

One thing that Buzzie8 needs to do is to make sure is ... that he adds up the amps for each specific leg so the end results are as balanced as possible & there is not an overload created for the main breaker. The potential high leg does make this balancing a bit more difficult when more non 3...

2Biz, Are they 3 phase motors? I definitely see the motor starter delay relays helping single phase motors. We have had touchpad membranes & now buttons on our coin boxes since 1987 & not rotary switches & also 3 phase motors so this is not really relevant. Since Rocky is a newer operator ...

Big, By charging we encourage them to bring cash ... similar to encouraging them to do the 30 second very helpful cleanup of the dog wash as they finish. Net result: we tend to weed out the less desirable customer. Like I have said before in our area we are more weather driven than other...

RockyMountain - Skilled Fly Fisherman, Maybe it's just me but I would say that it is much more likely that your main pump motors are wired up for higher voltage than 120VAC. Check to see If you have a double wide or triple wide breaker vs a single 120 breaker for each bay in your electrical...

Big Leo, No argument on the convenience for the dog n car washer ... it is just seems like the added vulnerability of potentially not enough competition for your choices of your single processor ... might not be the best fit for a considerable percentage of us. By vulnerability ... these large...

JustClean, I could see that on the central C/C station code happening. I can honestly say that at our place we have not experienced the blocking problem caused by the ATM. Most people are considerate enough to bring enough cash or park in a non blocking area first. Dog wash wise it can...

JustClean, It sounds like your system with the hopper was & hopefully will continue to work out well. It goes without saying that the practicality hinges on fewer coins (bulk) needed to recycle &/or return to the customer. By fewer coins ... the larger denomination coins make more sense than...

Earl, Two of our ten Coinco Vantages are due back any day from repair ... so we are sure hoping that you are right about whatever potential kinks being resolved, mitigated or whatever. In your case ... were the problems with the main printed circuit board? It seems like there are 3 tiny PC...

Randy & others, This is why the free mint scented disinfectant that Tom Hoffman tipped us off to ... is so important. Also it is important to train the customers as much as possible to use the feature along with the available mop ... & not to have a toxic type of attitude that people won't do...

cantbreak80 & others, I see a pattern here that could eventually be problematic. Some states ... sales & use tax enforced firmly. Merchant fees ... no control over going rates that mega industry decides as the norm. Pit dumping fees increasing. Water bills higher. Boiler inspection fees...