Jim Coleman / B&C Electronic Engineering, Inc. finest hour! :) Or the Swipe-N-Clean? Either one! LOL :)
Just to prove I will purchase any car wash item that was ever made! I now have in my possession a Jim Coleman Swipe-N-Clean. Actually Steve Week from Jim Coleman said B&C supports it now and gave me there phone number! LOL 1-800-852-4795 bce-inc.com
I purchased this item in a lot of crap and was thinking of “trying” to sell it. But I was wanting to see if the POS (point of sale people! :) worked.
First off who on this Earth would call B&C and try to get crap software that B&C wrote in 1999…. it was crap in 1999. Did anyone every use this thing? :) Did a programmer stop and think at some point… this is a really bad idea?
The unit has mirrored drives and the previous owners decided in there great wisdom to unplug one of the broken drives and not replace it. Then the other failed. SHOCKER! :) So I was thinking B&C could send or allow me to download the software which as the owner of this machine I OWN!
So I called B&C and talked to some lady which seemed to imply I was trying to steal there old crap software? WHY? Seriously why? No really WHY? She wanted numbers from the computer which is fine… who cares? So she figured out that my unit was made in 2004. But it did not have the original Fujitsu hard drives in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO? Then there was some well these were NOT MANUFACTURED from B&C and…. HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE ENTIRE COMPUTER IS OFF THE SHELF? You guys at B&E manufactured NOTHING! Especially the hard drives… which is even stupid to argue… but she liked to. So I asked if it was possible if the owner re-imaged new drives when a old drive died? (The 2 hard drives are setup in raid 1 or mirrored. Which you would just put in a new drive and it would rebuild the drive.) Basically I’m a moron….. yeah :) Actually a moron could hookup any working drive and the motherboard not B&C would rebuild/copy the new drive.
This was the reason why I can’t get a new image of the old crap hard drive image: B&C has a “special license agreement with Microsoft”? Really? How about the crap box B&C build owns the license… which I purchased? So I own the license or actually the hardware it locked to that license? Well? Unless B&C used the same retail Windows NT license and every SNC they sold? Which by looking at the partial image from the hard drive they do have Microsoft Office also? and it looks like maybe even the full version of Visual Studio VB 5 which is stupid to license on every computer? But again I can just see all the files and VB5 wasn’t fee like VB is now in 1999. :) (Maybe B&C can provide my licenses and documentation?)
The only “real info” I got from them was the unit was 3-4 units behind….. they couldn’t list them all but I didn’t care either. The “upgrade” is $3,200 (they have no manuals/documents but they can send me an invoice! :) which after asking 2-3 time and then just saying “so you basically throw everything away?” Got the answer! They will not help me and nothing in the unit is worth keeping. Sounds like not even the display? But I was really getting sick of getting talked down to by someone who didn’t know anything. But don’t get me wrong! Why should she! It’s 13 years old! But she was just making up crap which is annoying. Like it has software we wrote on it…. yeah (3 small apps: interface, sync with icverify and music?)! Plus… didn’t I pay for them? Plus what good is the software now… or then? 
I asked nicely and said I wanted them? :) Plus ICVerify is doing everything! and master card doesn’t support that version anymore it’s all garbage. AN ASIDE (before I purchased this Swipe Thing): I did actually research icverify and thought it was really pretty good. I would purchase icverify! Don’t think B&C has anything to do with icverify either. Don’t think B&C really tried very hard with the SNC 1.0? I saw it in action. But I know someone used this unit… why you asked? Because ALL THE CREDIT CARD NAMES AND NUMBERS ARE STORED ON THE HARD DRIVE! But I guess this was before certain regulations maybe? 6056 transactions approved credit cards for $20… probably not that great from 5/2005-9/2012? (This SNC unit came from a 1mil+ Coleman mega sales pit. You know how they look and all the equipment they have. Everything Coleman…. which isn’t a bad thing at all. Just this SNC product is bad.) I haven’t looked at the access database yet. Which an access database is also great for production applications! Bad computer programmer JOKE
This makes me want to write my own computer based credit card system. With something like icverify it really wouldn’t be that bad. The only problem is having a computer. That’s why I needed to call B&C in the first place. I could only imagine how much they would charge for a new hard drive? LOL :) If I had my own cc system I would charge $1,000,000! LOL
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kleen-ritecorp.com sells Banner Emitters and Receivers
Did you know that Kleen-Rite Corp sells Banner Engineering Emitters and Receivers? They are used on the Water Wizard as the front (treadle) and the back (entry, undercarriage). These eyes are in pairs with one receiver and a super duper laser emitter. The Banner emitter is the SM306EQ and the receiver is the SM30SN6RQ.
Kleen-Rite sells the SM306EQ for: $84.38
Kleen-Rite sells the SM30SN6RQ for: $91.13
Did you know that Banner Engineering sells Emitters and Receivers also? They can be purchased from the manufacturers website at bannerengineering.com? Weird it is actually cheaper.
bannerengineering.com sells the SM306EQ for: $75.00
bannerengineering.com sells the SM30SN6RQ for: $81.00
If Jim Coleman only posted there prices….. :)
I Blew a Fuse!
My FragraMatics Vacuum blew a fuse and I had to replace it. It uses a ABC-10BC3 which is a 10amp 250v fuse.
Have I ever mentioned that the FragraMatics Vacuums are a pain to work on? 6 screws to take off the top and they use security screws? Jim Coleman’s Vacuums only have 1 and no security screw. I really do like the security screw, but 6? At least it could be 4 maybe 3?
Jim Coleman Fragrance Machine With No Fragrance
Looking like this was the problem with the fragrance vacuum. Not really sure what happened to it?
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Professional Carwashing & Detailing – Spam/Email?
I just got a spam email from Professional Carwashing & Detailing about Jim Coleman’s “Hot New Look!” and by the email it hints that maybe Jim is changing their color sceme? Does Jim Coleman really want to keep up with the “lastest color tends for your carwash”? I hope so I really like Jim Coleman stuff but that teal color or the Lamborghini? Come on!
The product they were promoting in the email was also interesting: a vacuum and air machine, which is a great idea. Not really sure why it needs 2 coin acceptors though? But the sticker is better!
The “Kitchen Sink” Vacuum Approach
FragraMatics “Kitchen Sink” vacuum. This thing has everything! Dollar bills, credit cards, vacuum, shampooer, fragrance everything! Could you imagine untangling all this stuff everyday?
I love the way the FragraMatics vacuums looks, I think they look the best by far. But they are really hard to work on compared to the Jim Coleman vacuums. But I could only imagine working on this bad boy. My guess is everything is under the vacuum top! :) (A little FragraMatics humor?)
Water Wizard Leak!
There was a leak I just could not find. I would fix a little leak and then the floor would still be wet. It was driving me crazy, but in retrospect you should be able to look at the first picture and realize what the problem is.
The high pressure hose is sitting on the large electric motor for the Water Wizard. So the top of the hose was not leaking and the bottom half was wet and has a small drip. But when the motor cuts on or you move the hose away from the motor the leak looked pretty bad.
The high pressure hose is 4 feet long by the way.
Vacuum Motor Problem
Look and see if you can spot the problem with the vacuum motor. The dome on the vacuum was luckily not hurt. I also added a new gasket. I stuck it on the vacuum motor just like Greg taught me! JK Greg.
Water Wizard Leaking – Update
Well I removed the 1″ barb today, which I was scared to do. It came right off though, which is good. But look how bad it got: I really should have paid better attention.
Water Wizard Leaking
I believe that the fitting is rusting away? I am going to purchase the parts today and wait till tomorrow just in case something bad happens.
Can you believe I own part number: SMC KQ2U01-35S! – Update
I installed the piece today! It worked great, saved money on parts and was push lock!
Can you believe I own part number: SMC KQ2U01-35S!
I wanted to order a replacement part from Grainger to repair my Jim Coleman Shampooer problem. I decided to order an all in one piece instead of individual pieces. Now I just need to install it!
Recent Comments
I just built a system that fixes the problem of pressure you are referring to. The answer is 2 fold. 1.VFD+ Pressure 2.Monitoring Sensor. Set up where VFD runs at say "40%" putting out 150psi. Then have a sensor that is inline (before manifold) to when a second bay calls for product, and pressure drops, it senses this, and increases the VFD to say 50% to make up for the difference, and retain the 150psi. So on, and so forth depending on how many bays you have. It will take some tweaking, but once it is set, it is set. Also, you only can have a maximum of 5 ports open at once, even if you have 6 different functions, as each bay can only have one selection running at any given time. Email me, and I can give you more info, and / or if you want to buy one rather than build one. It is a very expensive "trial and error" job, as the VFD, pump, and sensor have to do the job right, and give the correct pressures. They will not share any of their tech, as they want us all to buy from ...
Did you know.... You can purchase the "quick disconnect" injectors from "Hydraflex™®? ©" (don't want to infringe on ™®? or © :P) , however you cannot purchase the quick disconnect adapters from them. Hmmmmm? Isn't that nice? Why not? Oh, that's right you can, if you purchase one of their "Aqualab™®? ©." TEN THOUSAND dollar units. Then, they will sell replacement parts for it, which include the quick disconnect fittings. Very frustrating to say the least. IN A STORY NOT RELATED -> If you want to never ever ever worry about check valves again, look into the icheck magnum series which you can buy from Kleen Rite (low ph, high ph, and high pressure) Also, if you are tired of replacing brittle, cracked, sun-drenched, winter haggard poly line, step up and buy the parker (or equiv.) "air brake" line (type B, reinforced). it will last for over 20 years in a carwash, and will outlast stainless steel when running corrosive product thru. I have been running HF thru it for over...
I love your sense of humor, but everything is in the details of any business what separates the strong from the weak is just a few minor details. But that few can be huge, for instance I love Arbys for their sandwiches, but many years ago their facilities were just run down and dirty, back then I would never go to the bathroom in one. Instead I went to Mcdonald's to go the rest room. Now in current time Arby's has gotten the idea that a very clean and modern facility with upgraded equipment will bring in customers. They even have open wifi in many, so that being said a business is the true salesperson it projects an image. Now one must ask yourself what image do you want to project to the public. You yoursef as a owner of a car wash or any business must be the salesman, because without a sale no one has a job. Mike...
I don't think you read the post. Maybe since your not a car wash owner you didn't get the joke? But your a sales person so... :) Maybe in Ohio the government is more restrictive I don't know? But when the government lets people start businesses that they want. Unforgettably to many people have built car washes because of sales people. Which makes them bad investments... so depending where someone is from you will get your desired remarks. Also you are selling a high priced item so only car washes with money would call you... another fact. So of course they would be making money. I also disagree with 90% of your statements except the place should be clean. You do not have to purchase top "knotch" equipment. You can run a super car wash with any equipment on the market. But again your a sales person. :) But I strangely want to purchase a boiler now.... JK LOL :)...
I have met many car wash owners that do make money in the car wash industry. Here is what I have found they are very organized, they buy top knotch equipment, they maintain it everyday, they check their water everyday, they ask for help when needed. Many are true salespeople they get out and meet the customers give them hugs and attend community events. And lets not forgot about having a very clean facility, customers love neatness. Mike Simmons, Vice-President...