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    Boiler

    It's a Raypak...sold to the CW industry through Huron Valley Sales. They have no website. But you can download HPWS's online catalog...they have pics and prices starting on page 60. A word of warning...they are ultra high efficiency and therefore, ultra expensive!
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    Foam brush hose

    I used braided poly hoses for years and dealt with kinks and splits and even hose theft...people would cut the hoses for their personal use(???). Then, I tried the coiled hoses. The coiled hoses created more issues with kinking and self-tied knots. So, after being frustrated with repairs and...
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    Time delay relay

    Yeah?LOGO may be a bit extreme, but Eric H was asking for a less costly option than the timers he found at $480. On the other hand, one LOGO and one expansion module can do everything? On-Delay for each motor AND Off-Delay for each motor. 16 timers in one device Easy/simple I/O wiring Simple...
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    Time delay relay

    ICM makes some inexpensive cube timers...if you can deal with a 1.8 second delay I've found 'em here for less than $10: http://www.southsidecontrol.com/acatalog/Products_ICM_ICM102_Delay_On_Make_Timer_ICM102_3657.html Grainger also has them...for more money. Or, for less than $220, another...
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    A contest for the technically enlightened.

    We used to extend the service life of soap absorbing high pressure bay supply hoses by installing an on/off delay cube timer for each bay. The cube timer would energize the wax solenoid for 3 to 4 seconds every time the motor starter engaged. The short burst of wax was barely perceptible to...
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    Trough Heat

    The area of the ceiling is always the warmest place in the equipment room. You could fabricate a blower system (such as Grainer?s 4C818 flange mount) to a length of 2? conduit. Penetrate the ceiling and secure the end of the conduit into the roof trough with a 2? box coupler and nut. Plug...
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    RO Reject Usage

    How I do it? With a relatively small equipment room for 8 ss bays, there?s not much room for large storage tanks. The RO system is 4500 gpd (3 gpm) The SFR water tank is 90 gallons The rinse water tank is approximately 35 gallons The RO reject is plumbed to the rinse water tank The rinse...
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    Fixing an obsolete system

    I’m already planning for the eventual failure of the IQS/3 cycle controllers. They’re electronic/mechanical…measuring flow rates and volume, and controlling the softener’s hydraulic valves via a motorized spool valve. While I can expect a blown valve diaphragm or two over the next few...
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    Fixing an obsolete system

    My 15 year old Bruner twin water softener system lost it?s mind. The obsolete IQS/3 controllers quit communicating?requiring a change from 2-tank alternating to single tank parallel operation. Then, the capacity dropped from 12,000 gallons to less than 8,000 gallons. Troubleshooting found...
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    Golden Dollars vs. Quarters

    I’ve been dispensing $1 coins only for about 10 years. Start time is $2 for bays…$1 for vacs…$1 for drop shelf vendors. Every meter box accepts $1 coins and quarters. When I converted from quarters, there was no “transition period”. Customers continued to get coins and spend some of them with...
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    Spot Free Filter

    That old housing might be a “sticky wicket”. If you have trouble removing the end cap or it’s retaining pins, try this: Disassemble the fittings from the cap and gently tap the cap into the housing…a sixteenth of an inch…that will relieve the pressure against the retaining pins. Now remove...
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    Spot Free Filter

    Looks like a really early Crane Environmental unit...especially the membrane housing. Any 4x40 membrane should fit in the old housing. Look at http://www.cranenv.com/... click on "Buy Products On-Line" click on "continue purchasing online" click on "EPRO 150-8000 gpd" click on "EPRO 1500"...
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    Good vs slow months

    Yeah, Tim…that’s about right. I’ve got records on this computer back to 2003… but I’m sure the previous 10 years wouldn’t change the month-to-month percentages, even though the revenues back then were higher. My average Feb accounts for 12% of annual income. And the rest: Jan 11.3% Mar 10.3%...
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    Switchover

    I have 2 Rowe BC 1400. They were already equipped with the quarter/large token coin hoppers which handle the $1 coin without modification. Therefore, all I had to do was change the controller's programming to vend one coin for a dollar, five coins for a fiver, etc. I already had Microcoin...
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    Switchover

    I operate with $1 coin only bill changers. But, every coin acceptor accepts quarters, too. After nearly 9 years, customers still spend lots of quarters...accounting for nearly 29% of the revenue.
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    Soap as a percentage of revenue

    All chemicals (HP soap, Pre-soak, FB soap, Tire Cleaner, and Wax) 2.6% of total gross revenue 3.5% of the bay revenue
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    auto shut off fixture

    Grainger has several "metering faucets".
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    Possessed Meterbox

    Your equipment may include a “timer protection relay”. Instead of the timer directly powering the bay selector switch, the relay’s coil is energized by the timed output of the bay timer. When energized, the relay’s contacts apply 24VAC from the transformer to the meter box selector switch’s...
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    HHmmmmmm......I wonder

    No…they won’t be. At least, most of them won’t be. And, the few that do get p*ssed will get over it. I agree with WOAW…we worry too much about it. I’ve fretted and wrung my hands for days prior to price increases. In every case, it was a pointless mental exercise. Bays are $2/3 minutes...
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    HHmmmmmm......I wonder

    How ‘bout this…since you’re justifiably hesitant about raising prices, don’t change any of your prices. Just quit dispensing quarters. But, don’t quit accepting quarters…let the customers bring them and spend them if they want to. After nearly 8 years of dispensed only $1 coins, I’m still...
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