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Trouble-Shooting => Vending Mechanisms => Topic started by: on April 20, 2003, 08:31:51 pm



Title: Bottles won't release
Post by: on April 20, 2003, 08:31:51 pm
I have a Cavalier CS-80 mahine that all of a sudden won't vend.  It accepts the quarter, but it then doesn't "click" to allow you to pull the bottle out.  I know very little about how this works.  Where is the vending motor and does this sound like a coin acceptor problem or a problem with the vending motor?  I have had this machine for 14 years and never had this problem.  Thanks for any help you can give me.


Title: Bottles won't release
Post by: MoonDawg on April 21, 2003, 09:48:58 am
You have a gravity fed, slant shelf bottle machine, so you don't need a vend motor.
         The click you used to hear was a solonoid (magnet) that energized to allow release of one bottle, once the coin requirements were met.
         Yes, the problem is with the coin acceptor, and replacement is usually the easiest fix.                  Glen


Title: Bottles won't release
Post by: on April 21, 2003, 10:05:12 am
Thanks for the info.  Do I replace the whole coin mechanism or what and where can I get one of those.  Thanks.