I washed my wife’s car, cleaned up the car wash, then went back to the hospital. I confirmed again that the sofa is just like sleeping on the floor only elevated.
Lawn mower died!
I got up really early to cut the lawn at the car wash, so I would not catch on fire and the mower broke. I think I will purchase a new mower tomorrow.
It is a Bolens MTD electric lawn mower.
I hate it when I know what the problem is! – Update
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!
Hamilton credit card acceptor problem
I just realized that my credit card acceptor has not been working for around a week so I checked it out with a voltmeter. The meter was telling me that the credit card reader was dead. So I called Hamilton to help me troubleshoot the problem. First problem was they could not dial into my entry system (acw-5). So I tried to post a report by hitting F2, F2, Y on the handheld. That is why the handheld (first picture) had the “LAST POST **ERRORR**” message, this means that the entry unit can not dial out. The problem ended up being a punch down that broke (second picture).
Then I called Hamilton back again and they trouble shot the credit card acceptor again and declared it dead. It is still under warranty so Randy Nix at Eagle Car Wash fixed me up and they are going to send me a replacement. I really appreciate Randy; he is a great Hamilton Distributor and guy. He even calls back and handles problems for you!
Car Wash on FIRE?
Looked like a full service down the street from where I live had a little fire? 4 Hoover Police suvs, 3 Fire trucks, 1 Fire suv and 1 Ambulance.
I believe it is Regal car wash on Lorna Road.
Sign post
I concreted a sign post today! Now I can mount 2 signs in front of the car wash for the automatic.
Hamilton credit card acceptor problem
So after the download procedure I noticed that my credit card acceptor was not working. It seems very easy to trouble shoot on the acw-5. There are 2 plugs (second picture) on the back of the reader the second plug (red and black wire) should be 5 V DC. While the top plug (yellow and brown) should be 5 or 8 V DC, of course it was ZERO V DC. So I need to purchase a new credit card acceptor because Hamilton does not repair the acceptors anymore. They cost $320 from Hamilton, but I called my buddy Randy Nix at Eagle Car Wash and he treated me right.
Tips at an express wash?
Metro Wash Epress is taking tips before the car is washed? Their sign is very professional.
Owning a car wash
There are lots of signs that you own a car wash, but quarters all over the place is probably the most obvious. You have a pocket full of quarters all the time. You have some quarters on your garage floor, car floor and maybe even on the floor at home. Or, maybe even in your shoes, which I found today. (Well I thought it was funny.)