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Coin Controls - Coin Mechs - Installation
RayB:
Ummm... I have tried removing the magnet to acept CDN 25c and the quarter just goes through and comes out the reject chute.
APFelon:
Then you did it wrong. Believe me, I have removed literally HUNDREDS of magnets from coin mechs and they all worked fine after the removal. The magnets do nothing more than catch quarter sized slugs and Canadian money. It has no bearing on the adjustment whatsoever.
If for whatever reason the mech didn't work after you removed the magnet, give the width adjustment screw a slight counterclockwise turn and you should be in like flint. If not, I don't know what to tell you. You have the world's oddest coin mech in existence and it belongs in a museum next to the slice of toast with the Virgin Mary head burned into it and the Chicken McNugget that bears a striking resemblence to a celebrity, I guess.
If you'd like, I can remove the magnets from two of my mechs and send them to you. Just send me 5$ US and the old mechs that no longer work. I'll even make sure they work with Canadian quarters at no extra fee.
APf
RayB:
I was not aware of an adjustment screw! I'll give that a try! Thanks!
DreamWeb:
Hey guys.
I received my plastic Coin Controls mechs in the mail.. and a couple of people said that it would be obvious how to install them. But, of course, it's not obvious. At least, not to me.
Can anyone offer up some suggestions? Or point to a tutorial?
Thanks guys.
D.
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Update - I've managed to get them in there.. but, they don't really fit all that well. I suspect that maybe they aren't coin control mechs that I received after all. I'll need to investigate this more. But.. anyhow.. It seems to work (none of the electronics are hooked up yet).. A penny goes to the reject door.. and a quarter trips the wire at the bottom of the mechs.
What I'm wondering now is.. how does this actually activate a switch down there? A quarter seems to knock a spring down to make contact with some metal that's attached to a microswitch... but... is that all it takes? I recevied these doors from the person I bought the cab from.. I have no idea if the switches were ever actually hooked up and were working.
Anyhow.. I ramble.
d.
paigeoliver:
That is all it takes, the thing the quarter knocks down is just a microswitch, similar to the ones on your buttons and it gets hooked up the same way.