coin door question

[Trebeck]

Hey all

Well, after a year I have decided to get my coin door working (finally).  Well it's a new door that I got from Happ:

http://www.happcontrols.com/coindoors/40003800.htm

And it's in perfect working order.  The only thing is I don't know how to work the damn thing.  When I put in a Canadian quarter it hangs in the middle piece and wont come out until you press in the return lever.  So basically it doesn't come through.  Does anyone have instructions for the doors or better yet an easy fix?

Such a newb 

Beck

[Kevin Mullins]

Which coin "mech" did you get with it ?

Optional Equipment:
# Coin meter 4.5 VDC or 12 VDC
# Custom wire harness
# Foreign and token coin mechs
# Steel security bar available.
# Replacement Upper Door assembly for Convertible Coin/Currency Door System
# Fitted with $.25 U.S. Coin Mech

[SirPeale]

Canadian quarters are magnetic, so they're getting caught on the magnet inside the mech.

[CheffoJeffo]

Yep ... just unscrew the magnet bracket and remove the magnets.

[PsychoAU]

I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I have a coin door question, too...  On the attached pic, I drew two white arrows on the left side.  What do these parts do? 

[SirPeale]

One is a lockout coil, it makes it so you can't put coins in the machine when it's off.

The other is a slam switch.

[Kevin Mullins]

So are the Canadian quarters the same diameter as the US quarter ?

[Ken Layton]

No, Canadian quarters are smaller in diameter than USA quarters.

[Kevin Mullins]

Thanks for the clarification Ken.
So someone would defineately need the right coin mech to begin with.

Happ #42-3054-00     $.25 Canadian Coin Mech

[CheffoJeffo]

Thanks for the clarification Ken.
So someone would defineately need the right coin mech to begin with.

Happ #42-3054-00     $.25 Canadian Coin Mech

Canadian collectors use Happ US mechs regularly -- they work fine after removing the magnets (20+ US mechs for me so far).

The difference in diameter between US and Canadian quarters is less than half a millimeter.

If ordering new, I would tell a Canadian to order Canadian mechs. If he already has the US mech (or comes across a great deal on US mechs), remove the magnets.

Cheers

[_) (V) (-)]

Maybe you can use US quarters as tokens . . .
'bout all there worth these days 

[Kevin Mullins]

Thanks CheffoJeffo - I like learning those odd little tid-bits, good to know stuff.

Maybe you can use US quarters as tokens . . .
'bout all there worth these days

I'm not gonna disagree with that one...........

[CheffoJeffo]

Thanks CheffoJeffo - I like learning those odd little tid-bits, good to know stuff.

Just passing along what the good folks up here have taught me.

It makes life easier because it is tough to find a killer deal on Canadian mechs, but I've found lots of US mechs for $1 or less each (so if anybody want some magnets from US mechs, I have 'em).

Cheers

[Trebeck]

Hey guys thanks for the help.  If all I have to do is remove some magnets then that's great.  But if I had to buy a new mech....
Canadian quarters are magnetic.  That might help me win the next game of Trivial Pursuit!

Beck

[RayB]

I hope you realize he's speaking of the magnets in the mech, not the electro-magnet that is known as a "lock out coil". Removing that would be bad.

[siddhartha]

I had the same problem with the same coin door, but using two Canadian mechs. One would let the quarter pass, the other wouldn't and would get hung up on the sizing piece of metal that rotates (the 'cradle'). The piece looks like a brass arm. Anyway, I simply filed down the piece that contact the quarter a bit and now everything works fine.

[Trebeck]

hmm OK I removed the magnet (thick square block) and now the coins go through to the return slot and not go through as if they were accepted.  I'm not sure why but I haven't spent too much time on it so I'll try tomorrow night to see if I can get t going. If I can't then I'll take some pics and post em.

Beck

[SavannahLion]

Stupid question. What's a slam switch?