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Bad solenoid bay 3. Is it on Fairfield?

Yup, and it can be as much as 20% when it sells.

Steel disconnects tend to rust and leak, also the male end usually gets dinged up from rough handling.

Is this the car wash in downtown Kyle? The check valves I was referring to are above the boom in each bay, one for spot-free rinse and one with the tire cleaner, presoak and air combined. You don't need a check valve on the high-pressure line. If there's water in the air solenoids, either a...

Happened to me almost 30 years ago when I ran a really old (even at that time) wash that only used air for foam brush. The compressor motor had just burned up. I had a cheap 12V tire inflator and a battery charger in my trunk, which I wired through the compressor switch. I got it done before...

I added a programmable relay to a Hamilton D.A.N. system so that when the customer turns to STOP the credit card button circuit would close briefly after five seconds, ending the CC transaction. It's a bit of an expensive option but it completely stopped the (at least twice a week) calls from...

Tell her to have her insurance contact your insurance. She'll most likely get nothing. I've only had one instance of a customer threatening like that, and that's what we did. I won't take threats or abuse.

Where are you releasing pressure that makes it start to work? If it's the hose from the Flojet to the solenoids, you might still have a bad check valve (Yes, it's totally possible to have a new one be bad). The solenoids can only open at a certain pressure, and if a check valve in the bay lets...

The controller green LED should never flash just 4, it's always a count of flashes and a short pause, then another count of flashes and a longer pause. The bill acceptor red LED can flash a simple "4" code, but that shuts the acceptor down (blocked path).

Assuming your setup has cold water solenoids that bypass the hot water tank on rinse, you could throttle back the ball valves in the winter to warm up the rinse but not have it full-on hot. Either that or put doors on the bays and heat them, seems like closing a valve would be easier.

FWIW when I wash my own vehicle, especially when I had a dark blue one, I wanted spot free even with a dryer because of the water that runs out of crevices after being dried. Have you polled your customers?

24 VAC INPUT = One lead from each bay attached to load from switch 24 VAC (COMMON) = All "common" sides of bays combined EARTH GROUND = Just there for convenience, it does literally nothing inside the unit OUTPUT (POWER) = The supply voltage you're switching, can be up to 15A 120V OUTPUT (LOAD)...

The check valve is to keep the pressure of the larger compressor (175 PSI shutoff) from entering the tank of the smaller compressor (150 PSI shutoff). Yes, if the bigger main compressor fails for any reason (I bought the smaller one because the main one started randomly tripping its thermal...

If you can work out the perfect iron-clad lease, then yes, you could buy the business and not the land. It's just highly unlikely someone will sell you the business for the right price and under the perfect conditions. It's also going to be extremely difficult to get a loan on a...

Was just curious about an update on that thread, no attack intended.

There's a YouTuber who tests various non-conventional products in lawnmower engines to see what happens, including bacon grease (which surprisingly worked well).

I know it's overkill, but I use copper pipe or steel braided hose for almost all air runs so I don't have to worry about a broken air line. I always tee the two compressors in, permanently if I can. If one has a much lower operating pressure I add a check valve to the smaller one. The...

So you've purchased the car wash you asked about in this thread?

The left is a 7.5HP 80 gallon and the right is 5HP single-stage , which was the cheapest unit I could find that was rated continuous duty. The CH by itself is easily ably to run 6-bay SS and one IBA on the busiest days and never drop below the cut-in pressure. I'd rather have two of the CH...