Wand holders - Design - Freezing

[washregal]

Just revamped a wash here in SE PA.. we made changes to the wand holders to really make it more conveniant for customers to put the wands back and use the J hooks for the hose.. So far it has worked oit great -a concern however that we didn't think about when we installed them in 90 deg weather was freezing - The old units were straight up and down - we never had issues - now we angled a piece of pvc coming from the floor pipe as shown in the picture.. just concerned about long cold days.. has anyone had experience in this? What are your thoughts?

 

[JMMUSTANG]

Looks good.
It seems to me if you have a problem you can take off your union and just let it spray onto the floor at that angle.
I had 2 washes (15 bays ) with the gun holders angled.
The only deference I see is that I had the gun tip angled away from the coin box area and it looks like you have the tip angled toward the box.
If that is the case I would be concerned that the customer removing the gun from the holder at startup and putting the gun back in the holder when their finished might spray toward the coin/bill/CC box which might cause other issues.

 

[Car_Wash_Guy]

My wash was built with the wand holders like yours. Only I have black flexible pipe/tube going into the floor from the holder. 3rd winter here and never had a issue.

 

[PaulLovesJamie]

Mine look exactly like the one in your picture. I dont think the angled design has had any effect on freezing.

 

[MEP001]

I've always mounted wand holders pointing toward the box. Customers spraying the box while removing the wand is not a concern. The boxes get wet when they're spraying the hood, roof and trunk.

I mount them pointing away from the entrance (if there is one) to minimize wands getting broken from people snagging the hose on their mirrors.

I don't see how angling the holder will have any effect on water freezing inside the holder or pipe.