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Greg came by my wash today and I talked him into showing me how to troubleshoot my rotary switch. Greg explained that you should get 24 volts on the hp wax stack, which I was getting. This means that my rotary switch was working fine. So we tested from the switch to the terminal block in the meter box, which was all 24 volts. So this means that the long run had a bad connection. I found where I crimped them together and there was a problem. Yeah, problem solved!
So the problem is the high pressure wax function does not work in one of the bays. First I decided there was crap in the hp wax solenoid. So I slowly starved the pump of water to pull the crap out of the solenoid. That did not work so I removed the solenoid to clean it, which did not work. So I decided the problem was with the needle valve which I just removed all of them, that did not help. Then I pulled out my voltmeter and checked to see if I was getting voltage from the switch to the equipment room which I was not (I am getting somewhere!). So now I need to figure out how to check a rotary switch. I need to give Greg a call!
Daniel Stewart, if this message reaches you, call Margaret “no matter what time you get home” even if you get home late from finding garbage around town and selling it (like the 28 pounds of cans you got $8.90 for and the 9 pounds of wire you got $2.70 for).
Also, I figured out that these metal recycling centers like Exit 100 www.exit100.info do not accept stolen property! It says so at the bottom of the receipt. I wonder if they have my trash can lid?
I got a coin jammed in one of my bays today. It was actually an easy jam to clean out though.
Attempted break-in to my D/H Dilling & Harris Vend-Master II. I guess they got spooked and quit.
Did you know that Dosatron has a blog? Well I did not know either but they do. They also have a link to my site from theirs so a thanks goes out to the Dosatron people! Check out their site below.
My Van Lock key for my Fragramatics vacuum self destructed today. Looks like the screw in the key was loose and when I turned the key the top piece fell off? This has never happened before and is really great because I do not have an extra key. So I will be ordering new locks and breaking into my own equipment!
TitleMax decided to be a new advertiser at my carwash today, what better place then on the changers! $25 if you refer a friend.
I installed my new credit card acceptor that I received from Hamilton today. I hope this one works longer then the last acceptor!
I received my Hamilton credit card acceptor today, which was really fast. I hope it works!