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I know someone who bought several refrigerated AMS vendors in a cage. I'll have to ask him more about it, but IIRC it was some $2000 less than ShurVend. There's a thick Lexan window over the glass of the vendor and another in the cage opening. The only thing I didn't like about it was all the...

After, some fine debris can get past the softener, which can also release some into the water.

I have a really busy wash, 6 bays no auto. I do everything including mowing. I spend about two hours a day at the wash, more on Sat/Sun because it get wrecked. The worst part is that it's every day - I haven't had a real vacation since 1992. IMO the most important thing is checking...

You can wash a dark or black car, park it in the sun wet, and it will dry completely without spots? If not, you should add spot free rinse. A low-cost option is a DI system. It uses the same repressurisation setup for the bays but it uses two small softener type tanks with anion and cation...

There's quite a learning curve to keeping mechanical vendors working smooth and reliably, but once you know how they're fine. I don't like the mechanical vendors that can take more than $1.00 as they are much more prone to issues - in that case I strongly recommend an electronic one over a...

Do you plan to do everything or will you have a person to clean and tackle simple issues? If you're smart, you'll spend more time as you learn what you need to do to run a really good car wash. At least a couple hours a day is normal because you should be checking everything often.

Did you check for power after you replaced the fuse? It could have blown again right away.

Correct, you're not using the serial CC communication, you're just sending coin pulses. I talked to the guy who said he was going to use Cryptopay and an LED9 in count-up, and he had no idea what I was asking him. Unfortunately he had a head injury in a car crash since I last talked to him.

Bobby McFerrin is broke af.

The LED9 should work as a multi-function multi-time timer in count-up mode with Cryptopay. I don't know how it's done but I'll ask around. You can use the button to add time in count-down mode instead of disabling it. The way it works is that the button stays enabled to add time until the...

What kind of bill acceptor? If it's a Hamilton unit it will flash an error code on the side. A dot and half-digit means it's disabled by the controller.

The only time I've seen a Walters valve fail fully open was when the owner kept bending the float rod down (trying to stop the tank overflowing) until it was able to float back the wrong way when the tank got too low.

It also helps the life of the Walters to have a pipe coming off the outlet into the water. It doesn't hurt to put a tee at the bottom so you don't get the "wave" action from the valve opening and closing. That will wear out any valve prematurely and can damage your plumbing and other...

I send them to AECO Sales in Tecumseh OK and for around $100 including return shipping they come back like new.

That sounds like the Jobe just slams shut. That's another reason why I like the 1" Walters.

STA Graphics will print a small quantity of small decals like that. It would be easier for them if you could design it and email it for print, but if it's simple the artwork charge would be minimal.

A locksmith can make them. The "Do not duplicate" is more of a request, they aren't protected in any way.

In my experience, automatic customers and self serve customers don't cross over much. It'll be different for you as you're the only car wash now so you're getting most of that auto business. At least the new auto is at a c-score which are not usually maintained well - it'll likely be a novelty...

There are so many things to check that could cause the issue that it's hard to think of where to start. I've been working on one that I've already spent two hours on just to finally discover the pump isn't making enough pressure, so I'm thinking about converting it to a peristaltic pump like...

They're probably 1/4" OD lines, 1/8" ID. I prefer 3/8" OD but 1/4" is usually okay if they're all short and about the same length. With larger tubing, the main restriction is the solenoid so everything should get the same product even if the line lengths are very different.