Who would guess that if you leave a pumping unit unused (for 2 1/2 years) a solenoid might get clogged up. Actually, I only had one clogged solenoid which had a clump of dried up chemical clogging the spring.
Hot wiring my Coleman equipment
I hot wired my Coleman Super Saver to test everything out today.
I figured out that one of my (125Vac 5A) fuses for bay 4 was broken.
Rowe power problem
I have been talking to Rowe about fixing my Rowe BC-200 changer problems. Tom emailed me about testing my power supply and seemed to think that the changers problems where caused by the power supply. He said that the power supply is suppose to output 14.4 volts on pin 1 (purple wire) on the 13 pin connector (the name is J2020 or P202). I tested 3 power supply today and all were different.
#1 was 14.7 to 14.8 volts, #2 was 12.0 volts, #3 was 14.6 to 14.7 volts
I am not really sure if the 14.6 is within the correct range but all 3 are not 14.4, I will let you know the outcome. Also Tom informed my that Rowe has an exchange program for their power supplies, for $105 they will exchange out your power supply with a working power supply. This is really a great service but I really hope I do not have to use it.
D/H Dilling & Harris Vend-Master attempted break-in
I had an attempted break-in on my vending machine.
No power….. Quarter jam!
Someone tried to beat the quarter out of the meter box…. but it did not work! 🙂 What did happen was the Dixmor timer harness fell out.
Multiple problems
I had multiple problems with my meter box today. The timer plug came out and the meter box had no power. What was weird was the IDX coin acceptor kept stealing money: usually the coin acceptor does not accept coins when it does not have power.
Vacuum motors
I have way too many different vacuum motors. I snapped this apart trying to pull the spring out. The right picture shows what it is supposed to look like.
These are my other weird types I found today. The motor on the right has a spring you have to press down to insert the brushes. 4 out of my 4 motors were different today (the other was a lamb motor).
Long vac nozzle / small vac nozzle?
It seems that the long vac nozzles break way too easily. I purchased them at the ICA show. Seems that the small vac nozzles last a lot longer.
Hamilton changer problem
I believe I figured out the changer problem. The motor is really starting to sound bad and this has to be causing the random problems.
Rowe C-10RL problem
I had a coin jam in my Rowe C-10RL that I was testing (error message “Er 8”).
Pictures of the coin hopper motors and coin chute.
I still got the “Er 8” error after clearing the coin jam so the instructions say it could be paper or something blocking the led or sensor. The left side looked fine so I attached everthing and reset the changer and got “Er 9” which means the same thing only the right side. Everything looks clean and fine but I guess I will be replacing a sensor because the led works fine.