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This was absolutely disgusting. This smelled so bad and it might have been dead animals? There were flies all over the place and it looks like the person used rubber gloves to get it out of their truck. It was also heavy and I almost dropped the box when putting it in the dumpster. It was scary.
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I hate working on these Fragramatics vacuums. The vacuums have 6 special screws to unlock the top and everything is just so crammed in there. One of the vacuum motors was not working so I had to remove the motor to check the brushes. The brushes were fine but a fuse was blown. I will check the fuse first next time. Even though 2 out of the 3 motors worked, you can still tell there is a problem.
I pressure washed about 3/4 the lot today and I think I broke my back. I will have to wait a little bit before I finish.
I did a little pressure washing today with a 2300psi (I think?) pressure washer. It is better then the “Poor man™s pressure washer” but not really that great. How high of pressure can you get before you start ripping up black top and knocking out all the mortar on brick?
The solenoid got stuck and wanted to drink all my foam brush chemical.
If you own a Rowe changer you should read Tom Kozlik comment about my Mars bill acceptor post. http://cwguy.com/?p=2603 It is an interesting read and Tom is going to help me get my BA-50s squared away and make sure I update my changer to the “Nexgen” software. I will definitely keep everyone updated and write a review when I get the new “blue” belts and the “Nexgen” software. Thanks for you help Tom.
1. For the last several years, Rowe has been field testing concepts and ideas to improve the performance of the BA-50 suggested by operators in the field. One of those suggestions, improving the lower belts, dramatically improves the duty cycle of the BA-50. The improvedblue belts( part number 35082008) were implemented earlier this month in production and can now be purchased as a service part.
2. The new Nexgen $5 software that handles the new five dollar bill introduced earlier this year also improves the performance of the BA-50s. Technicians have found that by installing the new NEXGEN $5 software, a number of BA-50 error codes occur less frequently. In addition, the NEXGEN $5 software vastly improved the Bill B Check function.
3. Last year Rowe announced and began shipping Mars kits that are easily field installed into BC1200 and BC1400/2800 changers. These kits can be purchased from your local Rowe distributor.
Thank you for your business and please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Tom Kozlik, Vice President-Major Account
I had a small timer problem yesterday. Someone seemed to fix the timer display for me. The timer actually still works but I still need to replace it. Cycle time CT-2000 bay timer.
This should be a lesson for all kids in school. If you can’t read you might run over things.
It looked like someone ran over the foam brush and broke the brush.
Someone left some sheetrock which would have been nice if I needed it. I also figured out that the air gauge on my Harbor Freight regulator (92261) was broken which did not last very long (I had just installed it).