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Title: Just won these coin mechs on ebay - will they work in a coin door??
Post by: eggedd2k on June 05, 2005, 04:29:38 pm

just won these coin mechs cheap on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6182728647

i put a bid on them just out of interest. anyone know whether they'll work with an i-pac (i.e. will they have microswitches etc)?

Title: Re: Just won these coin mechs on ebay - will they work in a coin door??
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on June 05, 2005, 10:26:39 pm

They might work.

Title: Re: Just won these coin mechs on ebay - will they work in a coin door??
Post by: Felix T Cat on June 06, 2005, 06:39:05 am

They will not mount to a standard door.
The one on the left is a Mars Cashflow (www.meiglobal.com), I would guess the other 2 are similar products as well and no, they will not mount on a normal over under coin door.

It also doesn't say what country they are programmed for.  All of this said, if you goto the mars website, select the country you are in and then select service centers you should be able to get the 126 working.  I don't know about the other 2.

Almost forgot.  These are Electrical Coin Acceptors, they do not have a standard "micro switch" for the coin to hit on the way out.  They can be set up to "pulse" a line when a coin is accepted and you could connect that to a input device.  It could work but it would be beyond overkill for a home arcade machine.

Title: Re: Just won these coin mechs on ebay - will they work in a coin door??
Post by: eggedd2k on June 06, 2005, 07:34:12 am

thanks for your input.  as i need a coin mech with mico-switches would i be best just to buy an over/under coin door from somewhere like happs?

Title: Re: Just won these coin mechs on ebay - will they work in a coin door??
Post by: Felix T Cat on June 06, 2005, 09:10:20 am

You can always get over under doors on ebay.  If you want something new then go with Happ but if you are just looking for a door:
http://search.ebay.co.uk/coin-door_Collectables_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfromZR4QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsaatcZQ2d1QQsacatZ1QQsalicZ3

Then you could always buy a few coin acceptors from Happ.