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He's done nothing but trash Washworld when it sounds like his problems are with the installer.

Agreed, I have two spare validators, a controller, and every replaceable part for the hopper. I should probably get a spare Etowah Valley harness adaptor.

Yes, I just didn't see chevyguy09's post and was commenting on the OP.

I run thermoplastic hose from the pump to the boom, which has a lot of give to it. Steel braided hose is much harder and can make the whole metal roof vibrate. Using a pulse dampener with steel hose, solid pipe, or hard tubing also smooths out the normal hum the pump makes. The pulse hoses...

Dixmor timers have no internal protection. If a dead short exists, the timer display goes out, then it reboots with remaining time and goes out again. The only thing that would cause it to display "COIN" is if the coin circuit remains closed.

"COIN" will display if the coin pulse circuit is stuck closed. If you unhook the red/green wire, "COIN" should immediately clear. If it doesn't, the problem is in the timer or the wiring.

I don't see how this points to pump seals. Bad high pressure seals will cause the pump to pulsate but should not affect the soap draw. Bad low pressure seals could cause the pump to draw air if the water supply is restricted, which would make the pressure fall away and come back erratically.

Lot of misspellings and incorrectly used words in that "mainstream press" article. When you told your story about how the bank will only give you $20 a week in coins, did you mention that you can order in advance what you need?

I've seen it happen on a Belanger Vector. It's not usually a problem on those units because the sonar is at such an angle that water runs off to the edge, but when I worked as a distributor we had one that kept shutting down because the trifoam was spraying/blowing onto the face of the sonar...

I assume you mean the same breaker?

I would be a little more worried about kids sticking things into the wider keyway, but yes, they are very hard to drill. I had to open a bunch of Abus locks that use the same type of key, and it took much longer to get into each padlock than it takes with the same method to open a damaged...

You need a TDS tester. The next best test is to thoroughly wash a black vehicle and immediately park it in the sun. If it dries with no visible spots, you probably don't need a softener or spot free rinse.

I don't think the heat will affect anything but the life of the LED in the button.

You may need to leave the valves partially closed to force the pumps to pull soap. It's okay to leave them like that, as long as you don't restrict it so much that it's always cavitating. Whenever I need to do that, I tie the gun trigger in the bay with a bungee cord and adjust the valve...

Is the valve vibrating back open? Is the problem on one bay or all of them? Do you see the issue when no one is washing, or does it happen in a bay when another bay is in use?

IMO your quickest option would be to buy a used or refurbished one off eBay. Just check the seller's feedback rating, if he has a number in the thousands and little to no negative, they're probably safe. I've gotten 5 or 6 over the years and always get a good unit for not much more than having...

I used one at another wash - I had the front row of bay lights come on 20 minutes before sunset and the rest at sunset. Worked really well that way, if they came on at sunset it was too dark in the bays. I messed with a photocell for years and never got it adjusted right. If I had it set to...

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It will do that if it gets hot. It wouldn't hurt to leave the cabinet open with a fan blowing in it. Also make sure the pressure isn't getting too high.

Yes, Hoffman Mint. I just looked and I didn't get charged sales tax, shipping was $215.