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Can I make a coin mech take only tokens?

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Kevin Mullins:

DIAMETER of the coins/tokens is the #1 factor.

Does your coin mech have a part number of any kind on it ?
Is yours more like the IMONEX type ? http://www.happcontrols.com/coindoors/42303600.htm



whines:


--- Quote from: versapak on October 11, 2009, 01:18:19 pm ---Quarters aren't magnetic though, so how would inserting magnets stop it from accepting quarters?

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According to the manual for my Happ Ultimech:

" Features ...  Metal content check by a magnet used to create eddy currents within a coin passing in front of it which slows down the coin according to the metal content."

Later, from 'Operations':

"The coin then passes by the magnet. If the coin is not magnetic, the magnet will not slow the coin and it's speed when it leaves the rail will carry it pas the accept side of the coin chute into the reject side. If the coin is ferromagnetic, such as a steel slug, it will stick to the magnet. The magnetic properties of a genuine US $.25 coin will slow the coin just enough to allow it to fall off the rail into the accept side of the coin chute."

That's what Happ says, I can't verify it!

versapak:


--- Quote from: whines on October 13, 2009, 04:49:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: versapak on October 11, 2009, 01:18:19 pm ---Quarters aren't magnetic though, so how would inserting magnets stop it from accepting quarters?

--- End quote ---
According to the manual for my Happ Ultimech:

" Features ...  Metal content check by a magnet used to create eddy currents within a coin passing in front of it which slows down the coin according to the metal content."

Later, from 'Operations':

"The coin then passes by the magnet. If the coin is not magnetic, the magnet will not slow the coin and it's speed when it leaves the rail will carry it pas the accept side of the coin chute into the reject side. If the coin is ferromagnetic, such as a steel slug, it will stick to the magnet. The magnetic properties of a genuine US $.25 coin will slow the coin just enough to allow it to fall off the rail into the accept side of the coin chute."

That's what Happ says, I can't verify it!

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Interesting.

I don't know how strong those magnets would have to be in those things then, because using a rare earth magnet doesn't seem to have any sort of attraction what so ever on any of my US coins.  :dunno




whines:

I asked a friend who is a physics student, and he tells me that yes, things can interact with a magnetic field in these ways without actually sticking to a magnet at all.

He actually said a LOT of things, but that's the only part I can remember well enough to repeat. :)

rackoon:

It looks a lot like the standard plastic 42 3115-00. I cant find any numbers on it but it does have a sticker that says Happs and another that says $ .25

My best guess is that the L shape sizing lever or the cradle is what needs to be adjusted or modified. :timebomb:
 
But what would keep a quarter from going through? :banghead:

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