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    Floor heat Insulate or not

    You should definitely use insulation under your radiant heat tubes no question
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    Reducing costs w/my horribly inefficient floor heat boiler

    We have been rehabbing a car wash for a couple years now and have been working on cutting fuel costs. First we used a laser thermometer to find out what loops heated what part of the floor (nothing was labeled). Then we used these electric thermal actuators that screw on to your radiant manifold...
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    Additional methods to accept credit cards

    I use WashGears retrofit for my goldline and they have a Keyed Process on the computer that I can just type in the CC #, exp date, amount, etc and process it right on the spot. We also have a ice cream shop added on and we just use one of the swipe machines from our merchant but it was close to...
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    Power Jet turbo Nozzles

    I have Power Jet Turbo nozzles currently in my WW 2.0 and want to change out the orifice cartridge with a smaller one and up my pressure to try and save on water but I cant find any information anywhere on them. If any one is using a different nozzle or knows where a gpm chart is online line...
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    Revisiting tankless hot water to SS

    I think if you used a hot presoak you could use a cold rinse... its what all touchless automatics do.
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    How to you Evaluate the Effectiveness of your Soaps?

    I too use two alkaline passes but up here in Maine they put calcium chloride on the roads in the winter along with the summer?. It?s usually put down the same way except it is used to keep the dust down on dirt roads. Once mixed with mud it can become like cement and very hard to clean off the...
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    help on choosing triple shine

    I have three to a bay... goes through one line but there is 3 different pumps (one for each color) one runs for 7-8 seconds then the next and so forth in a loop.... it mixes with a foam generator right before the hose in the bay with the air...... gives it more of a rainbow color then just the 3...
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    Strangest thing found in a vacuum

    I've had someone vac up the keys to their car..... luckly I was there to get them out for her
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    Air lines??

    i used the poly hose from my compressor to the doors on our wash and the auto is 4 bays down form the compressor... never had a problem
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    FRP panels without silicone?

    you can always take a chisel and break the head off the rivet and drive the rest into the wall or pull it out with some needle nose.... lot faster
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    New air roll up garage doors

    i have them on our automatic and as long as they are installed right they work great, i recommend having them installed by a commercial over head door company that has experince with them. The only problem I have had is that the belt will slip and the door will only go half way up which doesnt...
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    FRP panels without silicone?

    You can get FRP at home depot or any major building supply store. Home depot only carries the 8 foot sheets. Last I checked it was around 30 bucks a sheet here. I use the plastic rivets to install them along with plastic dividers and corners.... Just make sure you get FRP and not the flimsy...
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    Optimum times for startup and bonus promotions

    when we first took over our car wash it wash $3 for 4 mins and a .25 cents for 30 seconds bonus time it had been that way for years..... after we upgraded the equipment and put credit card acceptance in we get cash: $4 for 4 mins and .25 cents for 30 seconds bonus time Credit card: $4 for 5...
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    Coinstars "Coin to Cash"

    hmm sounds like more of a pain then I would want to deal with....
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    Coinstars "Coin to Cash"

    I have seen these units at supermarkets and was thinking it wouldn't be bad to have on at a car wash. People could run their spare change through to turn into cash to use at the wash and in most cases you can keep a certain percentage of the coins deposited. Security I would imagine being the...
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    In Bay Windshield Washer Dispensing Idea

    well that solves some problems lol I'll have to check those timers out..
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    In Bay Windshield Washer Dispensing Idea

    I think you would have better luck with one with a seperate coin acceptor like you said... would probably cost less to make then to out fit all your bays with seperate dispensing guns I have a old fragrencer that has been dead for a while and I have been planning on making into a air/washer...
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    In Bay Windshield Washer Dispensing Idea

    2 mins is a long time to wait for a gallon of washer fluid..... off the top of my head I cant think of a way to make it any better while still tieing it into your bay timer. I just could see it causeing some people to shy away from it some what ...of course I could be wrong
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    Probability problem for card players

    yeah it would be 1 in 13 for the first card which makes it like a 7% or 8% chance of guessing it right
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    crawl space solutions

    if you have a ridge, gable end and soffit vents then that could cause it. usually good to go with 2 not all three preferably ridge and soffit, dont know why but it seems to disrupt the air flow. you could always try just blocking the gable end vents to see if it works. but i would agree blocking...
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