What water temperature do you run to your self-service bays?

[Twodose]

What temp do you run to your self-service bays for the wash water?

 

[2Biz]

100° Soap and Wax, Cold Rinse...Customers love it!

 

[area123]

that's a good question. How hot is the water tank set to in order to get 100 at the wand?

Another question I might add, how many gallons of hot water storage do you have?

 

[Waxman]

my gas furnace keeps hot water stored at 130 degrees. From there is mixes with cold for 'hot water' so maybe 90ish in the bays (a guess).

I bumped it from 120 for better cleaning, which i feel i got.

 

[2Biz]

that's a good question. How hot is the water tank set to in order to get 100 at the wand?

Another question I might add, how many gallons of hot water storage do you have?

Water tank is set to 100°...I have a hybrid HTP He Ng Water heater...It has 55 gallons of storage and heats about 400 gph continuous.

 

[rph9168]

If you are heating the chemicals make sure you don't go above 130. To be safe I would stay around 120 or lower. If you overheat some chemicals you lose cleaning power due to either evaporation or causing the solutions to separate or negatively affect the formulation.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Water at the tank is 120 degrees, from there it goes to the mixing tanks, and from there to Flo Jets or HP Pump. Then to the bays.

I don't know what the heat loss is by the time it gets to the nozzle or FB but I would expect it's substantial, and would change radicaly depending on outside temp.

 

[MEP001]

120-125°, not hot enough that the exposed swivels get uncomfortable for the customer.