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Author Topic: What is this counter/how to wire  (Read 958 times)

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What is this counter/how to wire
« on: June 07, 2004, 07:51:18 am »
I am converting a butchered Guerilla war cabinet to a Mame machine. On the bottom of the coin box is a counter (looks like an odometer). I pulled it out and it has to leads going to it and says that it takes 12Vdc.

I thought that maybe it was some type of shock sensor to register coin drops but that doesn

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Re:What is this counter/how to wire
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2004, 08:06:23 am »
its a coin counter. It tell the operator how much coins been drop since last. So he know exactly how much are in the bucket, so anyone has a key for it can't still some of his profit :)
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Re:What is this counter/how to wire
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2004, 10:22:49 am »
It is indeed a coin counter and it's always a part of a JAMMA/AMOA compliant cabinet. Coin counting meters are required in some jurisdictions by local regulations/licensing requirements when the games are operated commercially.