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  1. Whale of a Wash

    Welding a Vacuum hose hanger?

    You should be able to find a welder that has a portable unit for welding stainless. I have had a welder come over a dozen times with a truck mounted welder and fix vacs, water tanks, grates etc.
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    Distributor Labor Rates and PM Programs?

    All your concerns sure sound valid. If you have 5 washes you should be able to stock some of the most troubling parts at each location, and learn to fix a couple of the things that break down and save alot of money. $17.7K would buy alot of parts. I would also guess the pm's will cost alot more...
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    pure gas vs. ethenol

    I always buy the pure gas, our area is saturated with 10% Ethanol, and E85, or 15 % Gas 85% Ethanol, and some stations have blender pumps for the flex fuel cars and you can select the percentage, and price. I always use 100% gas in my Nissan Altima Hybrid, as it starts and stops alot and runs...
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    Hamel Mfg. Has a Winner!

    I found this article on Hamel. I didn't see them at the ICA this year , but they were alot of fun at the Kleen rite get together and started a race car in the building. Hope the insurance man is good to them!! http://www.ketv.com/news/27723620/detail.html
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    Phantom Shut Offs

    After you unplug the stacker the harness should have a spot to plug back into that connector, i think it's on the same harness. I can't remember where it is but looks like the smart acw guys aren't here so you got me. You can call me iif you like. John
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    Phantom Shut Offs

    You could always trade the relays around, and see if it makes a difference. It sounds more like a stacker or dispenser problem. You can bypass the stacker, and then try the same scenario, and then unplug the coin dispenser if stacker is fine. The stacker has a bypass plug to plug back into to...
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    CC Processing

    Just started with mercury. I really like their website- almost realtime. But have never tried to talk to them
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    sales tax

    In Minnesota- we have the sales tax on all washes. Carwashes-Movie theatres, and restaurants are exempt from paying sales tax on the WSG Utilities. That doesn't amount to much savings compared to the sales tax we pay. I think the HCA has been fighting that for as long as i can remember. A...
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    Gas Price Hypocracy

    We all know the liberal media and their tactics are one sided. I am surprised they haven't come out and said it's still George Bushs fault. Obama has a team investigating oil prices. Did you notice they waterboarded the guy that gave up bin Laden.
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    ACW IV Credit Card Batch

    Everything worked perfectly after i batched it. I think i recall them saying it could have been a spike on phone line, and should put a spike protector on the line. Which i should still do. I think he asked if we had recent lightning in area. A gfi circuit breaker or outlet gfi inside acw is...
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    ACW IV Credit Card Batch

    I had mine lock up like that a couple of weeks ago for the first time. The handheld is needed to post the sales. Hamiltons people walked me thru it. I think that is the only solution.
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    Doors for IBA

    I think any door would give you 10db. I would guess if you played around with just a tarp in front of door you would see that would give you 10db. If i remember correctly every 3db doubles the sound, so 10db is significant, but should be easily attainable with any door.
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    Doors for IBA

    You may not need doors if that is the only purpose, as i had a noise problem and got down about 15db total. I found some thick vinyl in 1 foot wide strips, and went from floor to ceiling and narrowed the door opening by almost a foot on either side. I closed my door down to the 8 foot level so...
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    ICA Convention Intriguing things - Wish List

    Blendco was intriguing. While i use their products for IBA. Still using KR's for SS. They did reverse engineering on JBS and KR, and others. With a 5 of alkaline and another 5 gal pal. You can make your own KR soap or others they will reverse engineer for $200. With blendcos patended type...
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    FM Transmitter

    tons on ebay. Some have alot more than 100mw and you might see some complaints about the long range. Most on ebay are $40-$80.
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    Walters Float Valve

    I would go to a place that might have a float valve for a livestock trough, that keeps the trough full.
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    ICA Show, Is it time to go yet?

    Glad to hear greg is OK. I will Miss talking to him at the convention, haven't seen him in a couple years now. I have a room at the Orleans- a mile west of the NYNY on tropicana i think it is at like $200 total. They have a free shuttle that will take me as close as harrahs. The place isn't...
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    Which is the best smart phone

    If you can make the plunge into smart phones bill, i might have to get a phone that is more than a phone also. I love technology -Love my computers, my digital police scanners in my car. Drive a high tech altima Hybrid, but still see my phone as a phone. Yes i text and pic message alot, but...
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    Toilet seat vs. steering wheel

    Would this info help people wash more or just gross them out. I am going to wash my steering wheel tomorrow! It must be 20x dirtier than my seat at home if 9x dirtier than a public seat.
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    Rookies guide to price increases.

    Raising the prices is toughest on the owner. To me vac pricing is the toughest as the customer needs at least 4 min to vacuum. While they are upside down inside the car and it quits --Not a good thing. Look at your car counts on Iba, my lowest wash gets less than half the usage of the top...
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