Leslie Judson Jones
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Jeff Woods from Indiana took a road trip to Judson to upgrade to a higher performance machine. Jeff was fairly happy with the heat of his Thermal Wave until he went to high flow. The Thermal Wave would not sustain temperature with a high flow system. His new TNT will sustain 240 degrees high flow.
One of the issues that Jeff was having with his Thermal Wave was extreme difficulty repairing the unit. The TNT will have about a 50% operating cost savings. Before Jeff left, he asked, “Where is the manual for the unit?” I replied, “The manual is on the front of the unit.” It is the white sticker going down the left side. That is how simple aTNT really is.
We also removed the pump out system off the Thermal Wave and mounted it on the TNT, but we added a real nice inline filter system to it. We left the Blue Line water pond and reel system, and when we were finished, Jeff had considerably more room in his van.
Jeff’s life story is very interesting. He is a retired X-Ray welder from working on offshore oil rigs. Jeff taught us how to weld stainless. He knew a lot of tricks that we knew nothing about
Jeff has very good engineering capabilities. He helped us design this switch system for the recovery tank. The bottom switch is to activate his pump-out system. We eliminated the $180 Blue Line switch with a common high amp boat bilge pump switch. These are very common and can be found locally. The top switch shuts the machine off when the recovery tank is full
We take all our customers who buy a Judson unit from us out to lunch and dinner. We always take our customers to the traditional barbeque hot dog lunch. We also take our customers to the Peddler Steak House. You might recognize the buffalo head from other posts I have made where people have visited with us.
Another tradition is the celebration with upside down pineapple martinis.
The Thermal Wave that we removed has 2000 hours on it. There are several issues with the unit. One is that it will run for only five seconds and then shut off. The second issue is that the electrical thermostat is not preventing the unit from getting too hot when the trigger is released. Jeff was driving quite a few hours to get the unit repaired. That is one of the reasons he decided to get a TNT. 90% of the issues can be repaired over the phone by the operator. This Thermal Wave is available for sale. If anyone is familiar with Thermal Waves and knows how to keep them running, this might be a good opportunity to purchase this unit at a good price. One option for this unit is that Judson can reengineer it for you. When we reengineer a unit we do a total strip of all electrical controls, remove all heat exchangers, all exhaust diverters, solenoid switches, and relays. We remove about ½ mile of wiring, install mechanical throttle control, and upgrade the heat to sustain 240 on a high flow system with the use of a #4 Little Giant heater.
Jeff wanted to elevate his game, so he stepped into the Judson elevator and went all the way to the top.
One of the issues that Jeff was having with his Thermal Wave was extreme difficulty repairing the unit. The TNT will have about a 50% operating cost savings. Before Jeff left, he asked, “Where is the manual for the unit?” I replied, “The manual is on the front of the unit.” It is the white sticker going down the left side. That is how simple aTNT really is.
We also removed the pump out system off the Thermal Wave and mounted it on the TNT, but we added a real nice inline filter system to it. We left the Blue Line water pond and reel system, and when we were finished, Jeff had considerably more room in his van.
Jeff’s life story is very interesting. He is a retired X-Ray welder from working on offshore oil rigs. Jeff taught us how to weld stainless. He knew a lot of tricks that we knew nothing about
Jeff has very good engineering capabilities. He helped us design this switch system for the recovery tank. The bottom switch is to activate his pump-out system. We eliminated the $180 Blue Line switch with a common high amp boat bilge pump switch. These are very common and can be found locally. The top switch shuts the machine off when the recovery tank is full
We take all our customers who buy a Judson unit from us out to lunch and dinner. We always take our customers to the traditional barbeque hot dog lunch. We also take our customers to the Peddler Steak House. You might recognize the buffalo head from other posts I have made where people have visited with us.
Another tradition is the celebration with upside down pineapple martinis.
The Thermal Wave that we removed has 2000 hours on it. There are several issues with the unit. One is that it will run for only five seconds and then shut off. The second issue is that the electrical thermostat is not preventing the unit from getting too hot when the trigger is released. Jeff was driving quite a few hours to get the unit repaired. That is one of the reasons he decided to get a TNT. 90% of the issues can be repaired over the phone by the operator. This Thermal Wave is available for sale. If anyone is familiar with Thermal Waves and knows how to keep them running, this might be a good opportunity to purchase this unit at a good price. One option for this unit is that Judson can reengineer it for you. When we reengineer a unit we do a total strip of all electrical controls, remove all heat exchangers, all exhaust diverters, solenoid switches, and relays. We remove about ½ mile of wiring, install mechanical throttle control, and upgrade the heat to sustain 240 on a high flow system with the use of a #4 Little Giant heater.
Jeff wanted to elevate his game, so he stepped into the Judson elevator and went all the way to the top.
