Penny wise or???

[Earl Weiss]

We know water conservation is an issue. Some ideas:

Controllers like DRB have a “Flash” option for functions.
Is Flash / Pulse for the water feeds to the cloth smart or dumb?

Example: Better to pulse 3 #10 Nozzles or steady stream of 3 #05 Nozzles?

How many and what size nozzles or rain bar if applicable would be a minimum (Knowing that different conditions / setups may require more) for a:

Cloth Neoglide Micro Clean Other

Mitter

Wrap

Lower detail

Do you have water feeds to both the top and sides of the mitters and lower details?

Tire brush.

Top Brush

Fresh Water Rinse (if any)

Pre Soak

Drying Agent

Setting Arch

 

[JustaGuy]

Be sure to factor in the additional wear and tear on the equipment involved. Solenoids, relays and other equipment are often rated in number of cycles, so going from 1 cycle per car to 10 cuts the life of the relay or solenoid to 1/10th of its expected lifespan when measured in number of cars. And as we know, the equipment will fail at the worst possible time, so depending on the cost of the equipment and how difficult it is to replace it may not be worth the benefit.

 

[Earl Weiss]

True enough.

That's why I try to have a universal size for Air, and water solenoids as well as pressure regulaters, Timers, flashers and coin acceptors. Keep a couple of spares of each on hand. My DRB relay boxes contain spare relays as well.