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Well the Hamilton one is a circuit board mounted in a very nice Stainless steel box. I suspect that is the price difference but don't know enough to know whether serial to ethernet is serial to ethernet.

Hamilton sells its serial to ethernet adapter which is used when the acw4 accepts credit cards. I have two. Every few years, one goes bad. Hamilton wants over $400 for one. Is there any reason I can't go buy one for $69.95 and use it?

I went from 250 MH wallpacks to T5HO 2-4' fixtures with mirror backs. I save $300 a month on lights and probably $50 a month on bulbs. One of the best money saving improvements I have made! I had 4 wallpacks in each of 7 bays. Now, I still have 4 wallpacks in each bay, but 2 are on motion...

Ok, I can calculate the volume of a cylinder and KR sells activated carbon by the cubic foot. When I go to tear this thing apart, is there gravel at the bottom that I will need or is it dump and replace???

Ok, so I think I have a crane like kr sells. Do I just unscrew the top, dump and refill????

OK, I have seen several discussions about RO maintenance. Mine has not been maintained and I am doing a full maintenance. I suspect that my charcoal needs replaced. I have changed the prefilter and have the membranes on order. I am just worried about the charcoal filter. It has not been...

So just order a Dallas DS1216C and replace the existing one? That simple? Hamilton wants $100+ to do that.

OK, I have ACW4's at my car wash. Yes, I know they are from the 90's. They work fine. The battery on one is dead. It was losing its programming. Now it says memory impaired. To the best of my research, that indicates a dead memory battery. I called Hamilton, they said send it back and...

Ok, I thought I had this figured out but I need suggestions. I am running Kleen rite super Kleen powder presoak. It does not foam enough so people get mad. I added a dual barb injector and Simoniz foamer now have all kinds of foam. The problem is that I am using too much foamer. I have a...

I appreciate her stopping at my wash!

That's what I paid for mine. Mine had several upgrades though. I think they were around $60 before the upgrades. I got the acrylic lenses, mirror reflectors and stainless hangars and clips. Those are all necessary in car washes. I did mine a few years ago though. If I recall correctly...

I used www.smartlightingsolutions.com I got 4 T5HO fixtures per self serve and 6 per automatic. I had 4 MH fixtures per bay with 6 in the automatics. I just replaced what I had. For each of my 7 bays, I put the back 2 fixtures on an occupancy sensor so that they only come on when someone...

OK, I have had my car wash for 7 years and replaced or worked on about every part. Now, for the first time, I have a bad unloader. How do I know how much psi I have my pump running at? How do I set the unloader? How do I make sure nothing is set so high it is going to strip paint? Thank you.

I was using Warsaw, but slime build up was bad. If I used too big of a container, half of it would go bad. I switched to KR polish and it was considerably cheaper. I did not have the show either. I ended up switching tips and have all the show anyone can ask for now. Am I saving money...

Ditto, if you buy from Kleen Rite during the summer special, it was buy 3 get 1 free with free shipping if you order enough chemicals from them at once.

OK, I was advised to use a dual barb injector so I am going to try that. Here is my questions. I am replacing a GP 100333 Single barb 2.2mm or .086" 3-5gpm injector. My choices in dual barb are GP 100541 dual barb 2.1mm or .083" 2-4 gpm injector or Chemflex .086" dual barb but it says...

Ok, which liquid simonize did you switch to? Are you mixing it in your 55 gal barrel or using a dual injector? Do you still use any PP?

So with a dual tip, it should foam. Mine foams but it sprays in streaks. It doesn't most properly. Works fine with liquid presoak. Will the dual tips and simoniz foamed solve my problem?

I am using purple passion with super Kleen powder. I use 1/3 of a 5 gallon of purple passion in every 55 gallon drum I make. I can't get it to foam right. Should I add more purple passion or switch to simonize? Customers don't like that it goes on streaky. It is cleaning very well and has...

OK, I am giving powdered presoak a try. Specifically, I am trying KR turbo powder with 1/3 of a 5 gal pail of KR Purple Passion. I have my barrel mixer set up to run 10 minutes 4 times a day. Here are my 2 questions: What size tip should I use for my LW 4000? How do I keep the suction hose...