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Waterboy, I agree with Kevin. The fact that your pump went down tells us that you might have introduced air in the system. You may have to isolate some zones to be thorough enough. When we extended our deicer for the outside of our dog wash last fall ---we had the new zone working & then it...

Ken, I agree with John. I would be concerned about losing some of our high pickups & the fact that a large percentage of business are those with racks etc. Our truck bay is 11' wide which is nice for the vehicles that I cringe watching them barely get in with their side mirrors etc. in the...

I heard from a someone that Toyota should have designed the accelerator so if the brake is touched there is no way acceleration can occur simultaneously. A fail safe interlock if you will. Supposedly other manufacturers have accomplished that.

Musings Sometimes we will stock extra parts just to buy us time until we can correct the lesser design of something with a better design. If certain distributors & OEMs & even their repair people go out of their way to sabotage & penalize those of us that do that --- then their hearts really...

Big, We have 2 shower grade Symmons tempering valves plumbed in parallel (for backup purposes) with the proper engineered spec'd recirculation line serving our car wash. Before that we had a less accurate Watts Tempering (mixing) valve. I agree it hinges a lot on pressure & temp fluctuations...

Twodose, I don't know if they have improved their product any but we had three Honeywell electronic low water cutoffs for our boilers put in about 20 years ago & our experience was not good. They were expensive & they would go out just after the warranty was up. We went with the McDonnell...

Gator, This is how we are doing the recommended 90 degree water. Not all PLC programmers are proficient at PID loops so be cautious. One way to get really precise water temperature is to use a PID loop within a PLC with a 3 way valve. We happen to be using a 1" stainless steel Belimo 3 way...

Building insurance people also have a way of defining equipment or real estate that also has bearing on rates. I wonder if the assessor would or could use those definitions or vice versa.

Captain cw, Can you share what the approximate premium you had to pay for this extra user friendly lighted switch box over the equivalent rotary switch box?

Wow that has got to be a wake up call for expert inspection....best done in house. I know it is easier said than done. About a year ago, we had replaced a Watts Filltrol expansion tank with a brand new one ----still too much pressure on the boiler side. Replaced it with another brand new...

Great link, Bill. This reminded me of all the times that a child in our laundromat has called 911 from our payphone not understanding the implications. The first time it happened out of probably at least 10 other times over the years, the 911 operator had the presence of mind to instruct me to...

I notice that Etowah Valley on their website has a coin box style that has individual IP67 very durable lighted momentary switches. Has anyone tried or checked into these? It seems like they would be more user friendly than rotary switches. The fact that in the unlikely event a switch would...

I am leaning towards keeping my 12" wide x 8.5" high x 6" depth coin boxes even though I will have to do some modifications for the touch pads, led readouts, & coin acceptors. There is not enough room for a bill acceptor but there would be enough room for a surface mount magnetic card swipe...

Bill, It seems to me ....what is going on is to some extent is the same mindset of passing safety laws before it is within the manufacturing community's expertise & reasonable cost etc. Once those laws are passed then if lesser quality people are in a position of authority all kinds of...

Gator, Hopefully this cut & paste link will help. I notice you can fast forward to the middle of the video clip to save time. You could also fast forward backwards slightly too if it forwarded too far or to just replay the 30 seconds. If I look stressed out it probably is because I was &...

My thoughts I agree with Bill & it is refreshing that he has given this same advice before so it is also consistent. One of the compelling reasons for us to put in our Pet Wash was that we are hoping to change the dynamic or synergy or whatever to possibly build our launderette business & self...

ScottV, We haven't had our dog wash long enough to really know but so far our 3 speed blow drys are used way more than the vacs. All our blow dry & vac equipment is behind an 8 inch lightweight CMU block wall to keep the noise level down & to satisfy city electrical requirements. If a power...

Gator, With the higher walls of the Nat'l Pride's deluxe tub you gain I believe with the clean up. I know with our 15-20 second free disinfectant the customers are really nice about washing or squirting the walls also besides the floor of the tub. This seems like a gain in overall...

Back in 1982, there was a 14 stall car wash indoor facility like Soapy described built here in Bismarck called Wash n Wrench. All the vacs were inside etc. & they could dry or work on their cars as long as wanted. They could pay with VISA or cash for the total time same as a parking ramp...

MikeExpress & others, You said "plastic hose" it is PEX? From experience & from what I have been told that good Pex should never ever develop a leak in the concrete portion. I suppose that part of it could have had a deep enough nick or flaw in it before & while put in or whatever though. I...