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    V-Blog #42-- Bill Validators in Bay Meters Reduce Vending Sales

    Proper one dollar bill replacement legislation could help this issue Uncle Sam - Jim, There is no question that this is a valid observation. We added 1,5,10 & 20 $ bill acceptors in our bays a little over a year ago. Our mindset is that ideally the clearly higher maintenance bill acceptors...
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    Floor Heat Boiler Pump?

    2Biz, I would say that by the appearance of the volute or body of the pump someone could tell you what brand it is. I would think the pump is either a Grundfos or a Taco. They probably have info on the pumps used in 1986. It is unlikely in my opinion that they obsoleted any of their 1986...
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    confined space?

    Turbo, Those were my thoughts too! Good suggestions. MJ
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    Moron with half of a $5 bill

    Yes it is --- Relevant Duane, Another bit of info that backs up most of us long time self serve operators for coin usage along with larger denomination bills! :) Of course there are those that will argue like that guy that 17x bill for every 1 coin is not shortchanging the United States...
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    Intermittent no-vend

    Wax, We just had a very similar problem. A brand new wire harness seems to have corrected it. MJ
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    Problems with air compressors?

    cruth25, If you suspect the capacitor, it should be easy to test it with a low cost multimeter with that specific feature or let a motor shop do a quick test on that component. mike walsh king koin of bismarck
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    What is this called?

    Nick, A 90 degree swivel? MJ
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    Frustration with IDX acceptors.

    No need to jump off that skyscraper! Pat & especially Kevin & others, Whale-John said the transformer size could help. It seems like that 1 amp would require a minimum of 24 VA or watts. Correct me if I am wrong. So if Pat was running a 20 VA transformer --- that could be an issue. An...
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    Frustration with IDX acceptors.

    My Experience I.B. Pat, About a year ago we grounded the metal part of our IDXs with a ground wire & then ran the wires to a separate dedicated grounding rod over 8 feet deep in outside wet earth. I think Ken-Pro has some very good points --- so you may want to consider his suggestion of the...
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    Security camera input

    The police can be extra tough too! Bill & others, Your example shows --- how it can take effort to make our system of democracy to work properly. In our area --- I have actually found lack of police response to actually go the other way. I remember vividly the time when someone did a hit &...
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    The dollar coin option is important poll

    Stewardship Good leadership is good stewardship. I see the decision to not look & act towards the long term savings of permanently replacing the one dollar bill with the one dollar coin as the following: If a committee or group was focused on an area slightly on the outskirts of where natural...
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    Floor Heat

    Buzzie --- Interesting Link Buz, Your link applies more to floor heat where glycol is not so critical & the fluid tends to be needed to be much hotter. The system on the diagram (exhibit A) actually warms the air much more than if it was designed to just keep the ice off the floor as in...
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    Floor Heat

    equal but separate intake to the units suggestion Buzzie, It seems that if you balance the flow equally to both heaters & then have a common manifold back to the 55 gal drum afterwards it would address your concern. I know my condensing hydropulse boilers are more efficient with colder water...
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    Drive Motor?

    An inverter is also called a Variable Frequency Drive(VFD) As far as I have been told is ---- an inverter motor is one that will not get too hot if runs at sustained low speeds. The insulation on the windings tends to be better. Also it needs to be made for 3 phase operation. Having said...
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    Security camera input

    Waterboy, If the resolution detail is too low --- you need to consider the extra time that you will invest trying to make out what happened. Not to mention the more likelihood of having the frustration of not having firm enough evidence. How the camera handles headlights & other lighting is...
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    The dollar coin option is important poll

    Much More than Pocket Change!!! Earl & others, Please quit ignoring the "The Lack of Proper Availability" factor of the dollar coins when considering public acceptance. The much more than "pocket change" five thousand five hundred million dollars is pretty compelling considering the...
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    car washer wins america's got talent

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/311546
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    The dollar coin option is important poll

    good faith response In response to Earl & his cited author: I don't believe our neighbors in Canada who have had consistently less deficit per capita debt via every reference such as with GDP etc ---- have had any significant problems with their cash registers. I do not believe the GAO...
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    Pay Pal, what happened to you ?

    Ebay-PayPal recently made it so my UPS rates were much improved over being a non Ebay person --- just in case that is a factor. MJ
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