I am a master tech & occasionally I repair CNG vehicles. I am interested in making it an integral part of my business as there is a fill station here with very little use and a lot of interest.
Questions
1. When I work on a CNG system the customer never has a wiring diagram for me to follow & I have to make my own as I go. Is this standard procedure for installers to not share this information? It would seem that any expensive add on this would be a critical part of customer information.
2. I have people waiting for installations & the on line information is verry vague. For example, many companies say they make tanks, but no ordering information, price list, cyulindeer size etc. is available -- even when I e-mail and request information.
3. I called to order an installation kit for a customer, they were happy to send one but when asked about tank size, cost etc. as part of the kit I received a note from the company telling me I needed to purchase the tank elsewhere.
4. I called for a quote to install a kit from an installer. It appears to me that with $1000.00 for a kit, $1500.00 for a tank and shops charging $6k to $10k for what appears to be 25 to 40 hours work that the CNG business extremly lucrative and secretive.
5. I understand this business requires wiring & adding injector and O2 sumulation, but I can not see how it would be any more difficult than repairing existing systems, tracing out and fixing a burned wiring harness or completly rewiring a resored vehicle etc. So why is the cost for installation so high?
6. I have spent hours on the internet trying to sort out pricee, availability, cost, and certification of systems and the information is very poor. Is there a good supply source, information source, wiring diagram source, parts replacement source?
Thank You
Stan Martineau
SVM LLC
6.
Questions
1. When I work on a CNG system the customer never has a wiring diagram for me to follow & I have to make my own as I go. Is this standard procedure for installers to not share this information? It would seem that any expensive add on this would be a critical part of customer information.
2. I have people waiting for installations & the on line information is verry vague. For example, many companies say they make tanks, but no ordering information, price list, cyulindeer size etc. is available -- even when I e-mail and request information.
3. I called to order an installation kit for a customer, they were happy to send one but when asked about tank size, cost etc. as part of the kit I received a note from the company telling me I needed to purchase the tank elsewhere.
4. I called for a quote to install a kit from an installer. It appears to me that with $1000.00 for a kit, $1500.00 for a tank and shops charging $6k to $10k for what appears to be 25 to 40 hours work that the CNG business extremly lucrative and secretive.
5. I understand this business requires wiring & adding injector and O2 sumulation, but I can not see how it would be any more difficult than repairing existing systems, tracing out and fixing a burned wiring harness or completly rewiring a resored vehicle etc. So why is the cost for installation so high?
6. I have spent hours on the internet trying to sort out pricee, availability, cost, and certification of systems and the information is very poor. Is there a good supply source, information source, wiring diagram source, parts replacement source?
Thank You
Stan Martineau
SVM LLC
6.
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