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    Credit Card Article by Coin Op Laundry Assoc Staff

    No plan is perfect. The National Sales tax could be different than VAT which in some cases ads layer upon layer to a single item. A National Sales tax would only apply to items bought by the ultimate consumer. You could exempt Medicine and Groceries and certain limits or different rates on...
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    Credit Card Article by Coin Op Laundry Assoc Staff

    AFAIAC this still ignores the elephant in the room, (to an extent). As merchants in this society becoming more and more cashless we are forced to accept CC. As the article puts it the card companies are a virtual cartel. At least now some rertailers are speaking out against it. But the...
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    Winter Systems

    I am not sure I follow the logic. For the most part the systems are temperature controlled. If you don't need them they are off and cost you nothing. Having said that I do shut the weep supply around April 15 so if a valve fgails the water is off or if the power fails it stays off. I am in...
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    Manual Washdown Switch?

    Took over a place with the keyed switches in the faceplate. None worked when I tool over, and the pump stand has switches which can be left on by mistake, or a dishonest attendant could leave them on and sell washes. Have the LED 7's so now I got the remote from Randy.
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    Vac hose color and size

    I noticed some of my hoses which I think came by mistake, have Black on the outer circumference but yellow on the inner rings. The contrast is sharp and the outer black doesn't show dirt from contact with the ground and inner yellow stays bright. One of those mistakes that turned out well.
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    Chain and Roller life

    I was also thinking of "Running Time " versus pure car count as being a factor. I have no Sonny's conveyors so no specific feedback. However I have now put in 2 AVW conveyors in the last couple of years with plastic rollers and I have been pleasantly surprised at how well they are holding up...
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    Chain and Roller life

    I have foun d rebuilding entiree rollers to not be cost effective. But depending on the type you have you might try what we do which is replace the bolt and bushing at the point the roller attaches to the chain. Tbis stops the twisting and get get you more life from the rollers. Car count is...
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    Compressor Air Dryer for Door Air

    Air cools as it expands. So moisture filtures in the equipment room will not trap moisture that condenses down the line. McMaster Carr Sells filters with auto drains. You can put one as close to the door as possible where the moisture in it won't freeze and it will likely do the job. Don't...
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    Vac hose color and size

    2" Black and Gray. Hide dirt. Not too exciting. For the Duelers the crevice tool hose is 1.5"
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    2011/2013 Ford Explore

    Not sure what the "#m Blue tape is. Sounds like apinters tape which is designed to not be great at sticking so as to not harm the surface. Not an issue with Glass.
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    2011/2013 Ford Explore

    Our loader has a roll of masking tape. Rear Wipers are taped to the glass ay\t the tip.
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    Halloween

    Anyone doing anything special at the wash for Halloween?
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    Stone Soap Powder Made Easy

    Yes, but the powders were and are a PITA.
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    Blowing not sucking

    I am going to use a piece of wire from a twist tie to see if perhaps the orifice is not open enough. FWIW I just had another one not sucking a selection. Tried the finger over the tip thing and it didn't work as well as coonecting the supply hose direct to the compressor. Opened it up and...
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    Credit Card acceptance at changer

    I think one of the Mantras of business is to make it as easy as possible to get the $ out of the customer's pocket and into yours. Years ago "Pay at the Pump" was conc\siderd bad because the customer did not need to come into your store where they might buy other stuff. The rest is history.
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    Attempted Stringing In NC

    When I had vieo of a thief I posted some screen shots around the Wash with "Wanted info" I figured that even if no one ever identified him (No One did) it might have some deterrent effect.
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    Blowing not sucking

    No check valves
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    Blowing not sucking

    Don't have a welder tip cleaner. Woul;d a small wire work?
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    Blowing not sucking

    Hooked up a new fragrance hose. Done it dozens of times. Instead of sucking from the bottles air is blowing back into the bottles. Thought they mismarked the air line, but tried the other 3. Same issue. Lines do not seem plugged because I put each one in turn into the compressor outlet...
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    Self Serve Credit Card Acceptors

    FWIW we don't count coins from the SS or vacs. We simply dump them in the changer hoppers. We only need to count the Bills from the Changers and Bill acceptors. The time issue is why I take quarters and not tokens / dollar coins. Don't want to seperate them. Plus with Bill acceptors quarter...
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