Douglas Hicks

While it is yet unknown the details of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare Act) there is a mandate of all businesses who have employees regardless the number of employees. According to the United States Department of Labor, employers must notify each employee, by Oct 1, of coverage options in the new Marketplace. http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/tr13-02.html This link is to the Guidance on the Notice to Employees of Coverage Options. It is a very long read. The US Dept of Labor was kind enough to provide a template for a) employers who offer insurance coverage or b) employers who do not offer insurance coverage. http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/healthreform/index.html In this link under the heading "Notice to Employees of Coverage Options" there are two "Model" notices. Click on the Model Notice that fits your business, fill out the required data, and disseminate to each employee. Lest, we think we don't have to follow thru on this mandate, there is a $100 per worker per day penalty/fine for those employers who fail to meet the October 1, 2013 deadline of employee notification. I am including this link that an organization in Oregon (Oregon Health Answers.org) put together to help Oregonians navigate thru the Obamacare process. Again, the details of this Affordable Care Act is yet unknown but this link can help answer questions as the process moves along, or not. http://oregonhealthanswers.org/ from my corporate secretary. She started as a bookkeeper, and now has clients in Oregon, Washington and Montana.

So, how much do you have invested in that bucket of solid SH? You might try adding hot water to the block. but, do not add the hot water to the sh inside a building!

I must disagree with Guy B. I dealt with Delco/Rahsco/Powerwash.,net for years. Now that Larry and Robert have retired, There is a definite lack of service. Now I call on Russ at Southside for my repair/maintance parts. Monday, the thermostat probe broke. Wednesday, 2 new thermostats arrived at my door.

Hoods are a bit different because there is always grease around the outlets. We first use a cleaner around the outlet. Then we use clear package tape around the outlet. As BradCarey said, we start at the bottom and overlap each layer. But we make the first layer a little longer, then fold the end under so we have a tab to grab and all the tape comes off. We have never had a problem with sparks, but if you are concerned, get a Water Mist from Amerex. Do not recharge a water mist yourself. you have to use DI water. If you do use an ABC extinguisher on an energized electrical circuit, clean the powder off the wet wiring. water and Ammonium Phosphate will corrode the wiring.

I use the General injectors, from Southside Eq in the state of Kentucky. They seem to work the best.

We seem to have fixed the problem. We have a 5 gallon bucket of water that we put the siphon tube in. We run that through the hose while we put stuff away. Sometimes, I will use hot water to rinse the injector. We also have a special tool when the injector stops working. Remove the hose, & the hose barb. Take a pull pin from a fire extinguisher. Use the pull pin to push the ball free.

Last night, the PW was running fine. Then Justin hollered down the duct that he had no water. I went outside to the trailer, the engine had stopped. There was fuel. I cranked on the engine and it finally started. I turned on the burner. The engine stopped. The pump was working, the engine started easily, but the toggle switch stopped the engine. Just the toggle switch stops the engine. The rocker switch does not stop the engine. We finished the job with the customer's hot water. Then Justin finished the visible parts of the hood with a spray bottle and S/S pads. I am not impressed with the Aladdin PW. What could be the problem?

Yes. The wiring diagram from powerwash.com was not for my pw. I called Aaladin and talked to them. I found out the PW I bought, was built in 2012. Aaladin e-mailed me the correct wiring diagram and a parts manual. They also suggested we replace a black box the has 4 spade terminals, called a rectifier. I do not know what that is or does, but it fixed the problem. I did find there is an Aaladin repair shop in Caldwell, only 125 miles away. Everything works, for now.

Amber from powerwash.com sent me a wiring diagram and parts manual. Stuff that should have been send with the PW. Maybe there is still some customer service. Is it possible the alternator/Regulator is not putting out enough amperage and voltage to run the burner? The battery turns the engine over easily.

I am back in the office today. ( who told me I would have lots of free time when I went into business myself? He lied) The owner's manual has no wiring diagram and there is no service from Powerwash.com since Larry left. I e-mailed Aaladin and hopefully they will respond. I had great hopes when Josh went to work for powerwash, but he has been moved from the shop to hoods. I think Russ must be doing very well with the change in ownership at powerwash.com

OK, I am back in the office, from working all week out of town. The guys checked the oil and it is OK. They looked for loose wires and frayed wires. Today I will fax Russ the wiring diagram, such as it is.

I have a General TS 2021, 125 hours. Last week we did, or tried to do a job. It was about 27°F outside. The hose on the reel froze and broke. We used the extra hose to do the job. We had no pressure, the water just squirted about 1 foot. We figured the hose was frozen, so we just did the job with a garden hose. Sunday, I pulled both hoses out of the trailer and put them in the shop. They were not frozen. I had the frozen hose fixed with new end. That nite, we tried to do a job. Again no pressure. I pulled the valve assembly out of the pump. Looked good, O'ring was good. I put the valves back in and started up the PW. Again no pressure. We did note there is a plug at the bottom of the pump. Some water was leaking out of the plastic plug. What is the plastic plug and what does it do? Any ideas? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Russ called me to make sure I got the message. My other TS 2021 pumps did not have thermal relief valves. Seems I do not need the thermal relief valve as we plumbed the return hose to the tank. Thanks for the parts, great service as always. (Don't forget to send me $5.00 for the advertising blurb)

Did you check with your wife before posting? If not, where shall we send get well cards?

I did not check for intake leaks. I think it time to install a clear supply hose from the tank to the pump inlet. My previous TS 2021 pumps did not have thermal relief valves. Can I just replace it with a brass plug until you can send me the right part? Will removing the thermal relief valve loose any oil? Is the valve pipe thread? It looks about the same as 1/2 or 3/4 thread. The oil in the pump is not milky, nor has the oil level increased.

First post, and he is gone, after ignoring the rules and requests.

De Walt has one. I did have one. It was a pos , and I threw it away.

A couple more red flags 1. How much is material cost and how much is labor cost? 2. Give me the material list. I will get the material and that will save you time. 3. What is that chemical and where do you get it? 4. How much can I save if my son helps you? The answer is "Thank you for your interest in my company helping you with your service needs. I do not think we are a good match for your needs. Good by."

My bank was bought/merged/or something with another bank. I need new checks and deposit slips. I dealt with NEBS for years until they were bought/merged with Deluxe. What/who are you using for checks and deposit slips. We are getting closer and closer to 1984

Last time I did anything for B of A, I got tired of waiting to be paid. I went back and took my extinguishers off the wall. I told them we were square. Prior to that, I paid off my van, early. I got a quote and immediately wrote a check and went to the teller. I gave them the check and got a receipt. 6 or 8 weeks later, I got a letter, my payment was due. Seems as though they made a mistake and did not figure the pay-off properly. I suggested they write off their mistake or just contact my attorney. They wrote it off. Obviously, me dealing with B of A won't happen. But thanks anyway.

Is he fat? Am I warm? Is he really obnoxious? Has he used more nom de plumes than anyone else, and still gotten banned? Does he live in a desert state? Am I getting at all hot? Has he been banned from more boards than anyone else? And more times than any one else? Am I getting closer? Has he ruined more PW orgs than anyone else? Tell me, the suspense is killing me.

June 18, I started my pw. It did no start quickly like normal, I did not crank easily. Finally it started, the belts squelled and started to smoke. I shut it down, and tried again. Same thing. I removed the belt cover and everything looked oK. I started the pw again and noticed the pulley connected to the engine was turning, the belt was not and the pump pulley was not turning. I went to the gun and opened it. I tried again, this time every thing worked, pulleys and belts operated like they should. I shut the pw off a couple of times during the job and it started and worked just fine. Next nite, same thing, Smoke, squealing belts, pump did not work. Released the pressure at the gun and the pw worked as should.\ I think the unloader may be at fault. But when Delco/Rahsco/PowerWash.net sold me the pw, there was no service information with the pw. There are switches that we still do not know what their function is, because the manual I got makes no mention of the switch functions. Maybe Aladin saves money by not furnishing the information. Any thoughts what the problem may be?

Is this a vertical stack? Since you found a fuel leak, and replaced the insulation, I would have thought you had it fixed. I had a similar problem with a vertical stack. There was a baffle at the bottom of the stack. The purpose of the baffle was to make sure the flame was diverted through the entire coil. The welds broke on the baffle plate. Driving down the road, the baffle would move. Sometimes the plate would be in the right place to divert the flame and sometimes the plate would smother the flame and prevent full combustion. Then the plate would shift again and allow air and fuel to mix properly and then the flame would ignite the all the unburnt fuel and flame would exit the stack. Then we had plenty of hot water. After having a new plate welded into place, and replacing the oil soaked insulation, everything was good.

WElcome Rookie-in-Training! Stick around long enough, and you can change your name to Experienced, but Still in Training. Training never stops.

A couple of years ago I got a message from a FM in Michigan. He wanted to know how to contact Dave. He wanted Dave to add his jurisdiction to Dave's service area. That is an indication of the high regard others had of Dave.