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Title: What is this counter/how to wire
Post by: rsoandrew 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

Title: Re:What is this counter/how to wire
Post by: Thenasty 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 :)

Title: Re:What is this counter/how to wire
Post by: Ken Layton 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.