NOTE: You will be provided with the webinar link once you have registered. Certification is valid for 2 years
Course Overview: This class offers technicians the opportunity to obtain or renew factory certification necessary to perform installation, startup, repair, and maintenance of the select Pneumercator products listed below.
Recommended Experience/Education: All attendees should have some prior experience with the installation and maintenance of electronic tank gauging and leak detection systems, including general knowledge of NEC/NFPA electrical code requirements, and more specifically, hazardous location classified installation and wiring requirements and safety procedures. Required Materials:A computer with internet access. Webcam optional. Dial up voice support provided via telephone number upon signing into webinar. Groups may share a computer but a larger screen (i.e. projector, large TV, etc.) is recommended.
Materials Provided: •Training Presentation via internet link. •TMS Communicator via internet link. Certification: Renewal required every 2 years.
Products Covered:
LC1000-A Series Non-Discriminating Leak and/or Pt. Level Sensing system.
LC2000 Series Discriminating/Non- Discriminating Leak/Pt. Level Sensing system.
This End of Life notification applies to the product known as the Encore® S Ultra-Hi models with e-CRIND for the US. These models are being declared obsolete and future retailer orders should be transitioned over to the Encore 700S to meet EMV requirements.
This notification is to inform you that the models defined above are being discontinued in 2021 and Gilbarco will accept Last Time Buy (LTB) orders by a deadline of December 31st, 2021. After this date no further purchase orders will be accepted for this product.
Ship dates against Last Time Buy (LTB) orders may be scheduled between now and February 25th, 2022. Orders are non-cancellable and cannot be rescheduled beyond this date. All other Gilbarco Standard Terms and Conditions apply to the LTB order.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact us at 1.800.238.1225 orEmail Us.
Encore® Rectangular Sheathing
This End of Life notification applies to the product known as the Encore® rectangular sheathing. This sheathing is being declared obsolete and future retailer orders should be transitioned over to the standard tuxedo sheathing.
This notification is to inform you the rectangular sheathing will be discontinued in 2021 and Gilbarco will accept Last Time Buy (LTB) orders by a deadline of December 31st, 2021. After this date no further purchase orders will be accepted for this product.
Ship dates against Last Time Buy (LTB) orders may be scheduled between now and February 25th, 2022. Orders are non-cancellable and cannot be rescheduled beyond this date. All other Gilbarco Standard Terms and Conditions apply to the LTB order.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact us at 1.800.238.1225 orEmail Us.
Removal of Paper Manuals
As Gilbarco continues to reduce the environmental impact our products have, Gilbarco will eliminate paper manuals (MDE’s) from all products except for CRIND Retrofit Kits. VOC from the field indicates the paper manuals are rarely being utilized and ASC’s are using electronic copies stored on electronic devices for reference. Please see table below for effective dates for specific product lines.
JOIN OMNTEC FOR ONLINE ASC TRAINING ON 12/13/21 @ 11 AM EST
OMNTEC’s FREE ASC training is a web-based course including an exam that can be completed at your own pace. The training presentation is live and hosted through Zoom. The course is roughly 2.5 hours long.
Once you register for December’s session, you will receive an email with links to documents you can reference during the training session and the certification.
The Zoom meeting link will be sent out the Friday before the training session. Upon completion of both the training and exam, you will be provided a certificate and a wallet card that will be emailed directly to you.
Electronic Line Leak Detection (ELLD) is a pressure-based system that uses line information to monitor changes in pressure. It determines if a line is tight or if there is a leak and will provide 3.0 gph hourly, 0.2 gph monthly, and 0.1 gph annual precision line leak detection.
AUTO-LEARN® Technology
AUTO-LEARN® technology automatically learns the pressure characteristics of each pipeline, eliminating the need to manually enter pipe lengths and diameters and removing the potential for human error.
Statistical Line Leak Detection
For high-throuhput sites, Statistical Line Leak Detection (SLLD) allows busy sites with high fuel sales volume and very few quiet periods of no dispensing to achieve 0.2 gph leak testing.
High Throughput Capacity
ELLD is capable of monitoring up to approximately 312 gallons of rigid piping capacity in addition to up to 95 gallons of flexible piping capacity, allowing larger sites to achieve precision leak detection.
HOW IT WORKS
Electronic Line Leak Detection (ELLD) is an optional software feature available on EVO™ 550, EVO™ 5000, EVO™ 600, and EVO™ 6000, that allows you to connect your fuel management system with your pipework system to detect leaks through a transducer device installed in the submersible pump.
EVO™ 550, EVO™ 5000, EVO™ 600, and EVO™ 6000, with the TS-ELLD software option, a TS-420 input module, a TS-ACI input module, and a TS-RLY Relay module or Turbine Pump Interface (TPI).
A submersible pump designed to obtain and hold a minimum static pressure of 15 psi for gross leak testing, 18 psi for precision testing, and 20 psi for learning the lines.
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It’s been two weeks since the 2021 NACS Show and we’re still feeling the excitement around Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Express Lane Self-Checkout System. With the overwhelmingly positive response seen at NACS, an incredible deal has been put together to help more of you start your self-checkout strategy.
With the support of Patriot Capital and Gilbarco Veeder-Root, take advantage of limited-time 0% financing for 12 months to qualifying business owners who purchase Express Lane.
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Self-checkout has been proven to combat labor shortages and mitigate labor cost savings when implemented for just two hours a day.
Express Lane is a solution that pays for itself. Here’s a quick rundown:
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With this limited financing deal, you no longer have to worry about the upfront financial investment, so you can start focusing on the exciting part – implementation plans.
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Meet the newest addition to the Gasboy family – The Islander PRIME
Islander™ PRIME fleet fuel management system combines the functionality of a sophisticated island fleet card reader in a single package hardened for the fuel island. PRIME Integrates seamlessly with other system components including EKOS and Fleet Head Office management software, also with unattended, remote and automated fueling systems. Create the most reliable, comprehensive turnkey fleet fuel management system on the market. Let Gasboy show you the most advanced fleet control technology — just contact your Gasboy distributor for more information.
• Interfaces seamlessly with Fleet Head Office / Precise cost tracking Supports multiple access technologies, including web-based and contactless systems / • Easily integrated, enhanced data collection • Lighted terminals / Secure 24/7/365 availability for unattended sites
ICR PRIME: Island Card Reader
Gasboy’s ICR PRIME island card reader works in tandem with CFN PLUS or the Islander PRIME to provide a cost-effective way to manage access to fuel at multiple islands and unattended sites. Flexible. Efficient. It’s part of your Gasboy complete, turnkey solution backed by the world’s largest network of fleet product distributors and authorized service contractors.
• Compatible with a variety of different driver and vehicle access methods • Cost-effective solution for multiple fuel islands • Hardened for the tough fleet environment
Islander EMV PRIME: Payment System For Islander and ICR PRIME® Fleet Fuel Management System
• Insert style Hybrid Card Reader (HCR) reads both chip and magnetic stripe cards • 16 key pin pad with graphic display and anti-tamper features • The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant • Certified for EMV credit transactions on all major card brands including Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, Discover • Accepts fleet cards including WEX, Voyager, Fuelman • Accepts proprietary magnetic stripe cards • Approved on the National Bankcard Services (NBS) Payment Network
Available for new Gasboy systems and field retrofits
• New Islander and Island Card Reader (ICR) PRIME available with the factory-installed EMV option, including hybrid card reader and pin pad • EMV retrofits for currently installed Islander/ICR PRIME systems
The John W. Kennedy Company is happy to announce that we can now sell the Gilbarco Passport Point of Sale System nationwide, along with the add-on Self Checkout and Food Service solutions.
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About the Author:Ed Kammerer is the Director of Global Product Management for OPW, based in Cincinnati, OH, USA. He can be reached at ed.kammerer@opwglobal.com. OPW is leading the way in fueling solutions and innovations worldwide. OPW delivers product excellence and the most comprehensive line of fueling equipment and services to retail and commercial fueling operations around the globe. For more information on OPW, please visit OPWGlobal.com.
OPW’s Watertight Wonder, the ElectroTite Tank Sump
Tank sumps are critical components in the fueling systems at retail and commercial fueling sites in their role as isolation chambers that provide secondary containment for tank fittings, valves and submersible pumps, along with easy access to the storage tank itself for service and maintenance. Since the creation of underground fuel-storage systems, however, fuel-site operators have waged a constant battle against water intrusion into their tank sumps.
This is a major concern as water that enters a tank sump can trip alarms, cause microbial growth, induce rusting of metal parts and, in the worst-case scenario, invade the fuel that is contained in the underground storage tank (UST), which will compromise its quality. Preventing water intrusion is so difficult because there are a number of ways it can enter the tank sump and fuel-storage system: through leaking tank-sump lids; cracks in sump walls; damaged entry fittings; and, most commonly, through conduit runs.
When water intrusion does occur and an alarm is tripped, the sound that accompanies it may as well be the ringing of a cash register, since the site operator will soon be reaching for his or her checkbook in order to pay not only for the service call, but for a pump out of the tank sump. The cost for the following hypothetical pump out example is based on conversations with the service manager of a United States UST service and installation company based on the East Coast:
Sump Pump Out Cost Calculator
Activity
Input
Cost
Labor Hours
4 hours
$358.00
Travel Miles ($0.85/mi)
65 miles
$55.25
Vacuum Trailer Rental Fee
1
$75.00
Gal/Petroleum-Containing Waste (PCW); $1.80/gal
350 gallons
$630.00
TOTAL COST
$1,118.25
The costs, miles and hours for a pump out will obviously vary from site to site, but the price for this average example – multiplied by the 15-20 pump outs per UST, on average, that can occur annually at a fueling site – will result in an exorbitantly high cost to remediate water-intrusion events, with many fuel-site operators unable to reconcile this expense.
To The Rescue
The year 2017 will be looked back on as a landmark one for fuel-site operators in their constant battle against tank-sump water intrusion. It was then that OPW Retail Fueling, Smithfield, NC, introduced the revolutionary ElectroTite No-Drill Tank Sump to the market. What made ElecroTite a true game-changer was its status as the industry’s first and only tank sump that featured factory-installed conduit ports with an integrated electrical wiring junction box. This allows the sump to be installed as-is at the fueling site, with no intrusive drilling required. This feature eliminates the risk that unintended leak points will result due to the drilling of entry points, while also optimizing installation time.
Other beneficial features of the ElectroTite tank sumps include:
Water Tightness
Sealed conduits are located above the water table
Elimination of all conduit entry fittings
Reduced entry points lower number of potential leak points
Accessibility
Conduit lines can be installed, inspected and repaired through the top of the sump
Can access wiring box for inspection without entering confined sump area
Versatility
Explosion-proof junction box allows space to reroute or daisy-chain communication wires to spill containers and tank monitors, eliminating additional conduit runs to the tank field
Electrical shield allows positioning of high- and low-voltage sensor wires in same box
Conduit can be potted entering box, exiting box, or both
Consolidation
Will replace up to six:
Conduit entry fittings
Conduit sealoffs
Explosion-proof junction boxes
The bottom line is that the design and operation of ElectroTite tank sumps make it the most watertight system available, resulting in a fueling system that optimizes efficiency, reliability, cost-effectiveness, environmental protection and the safety of both the site and the customers who patronize it.
Seeing Is Believing
Of course, it’s easy to say that something is the best thing since sliced bread, but proving it is a different matter entirely. Well, after nearly four years of observation of in-the-field installations, the ElectroTite has more than lived up to its advance billing. The chart below compares tank-alarm remediation costs for two United States sites that have had ElectroTite tank sumps in operation for nearly four years to an average non-ElectroTite site:
SITE 1
SITE 2
NON-ELECTROTITE SITE
# of Months Installed*
40
42
40
Total Tank Sump Alarms
0
1
48
Avg. Pump Outs/Month
0
0.024
1.2
Gals/PCW Removed
0
250
12,000
Cost to Remove PCW ($/gal)
$1.80/gal
$1.80
$1.80
Overall Tank-Sump Maintenance Cost
$0.00
$450.00
$21,600.00
*-as of January 2021
Let’s take a closer look at the individual installations and the conditions the sumps have encountered:
Site 1: Three ElectroTite tank sumps were installed at this Midwestern U.S. site in November 2017, one each for unleaded gasoline, premium gasoline and diesel USTs. As you can see, this is turning out to be the poster child for the effectiveness of the ElectroTite tank sumps. In that time, not one single tank-sump alarm event has been recorded, resulting in zero cost for the overall maintenance of the sumps.
Site 2: Two ElectroTite tank sumps were installed at this Southeastern U.S. location that is situated near an extremely high water table in September 2018, one each on the unleaded and premium gasoline USTs. Since then, two alarm events have been recorded at the site (both on the unleaded sump in July 2018 and September 2020), but only one required a pump out.
Conclusion
Fuel-site operators have always had to keep water from intruding into their below-ground fuel-storage systems, but that has proven to be easier said than done. Until 2017, that is. With the introduction of no-drill tank-sump/conduit-less technology to the market, epitomized by OPW’s ElectroTite system, the battle against water intrusion is being won more often by site operators. The result is a fueling operation that can more reliably deliver uncompromised fuel to its customers while helping to make expensive, time-consuming and frustrating sump pump outs a welcome thing of the past.
You can also find many other great OPW products in our webstore as well.
And if you don’t find the ElectroTite tank sump in the configuration you are looking for , have further questions about them or any other OPW product, feel free to contact us at 1.800.451.4021 or email us!
The John W. Kennedy Company appreciates your business and continued support!
Course Overview: This class offers technicians the opportunity to obtain or renew factory certification necessary to perform installation, startup, repair, and maintenance of the select Pneumercator products listed below. 
Products Covered:
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