Need some help on a Cornelius chest machine

[hardate]

New to the site and vending machines, so I'll apologize up front for any incorrect terminology or dumb questions...I'll do my best to keep both to a minimum.

I recently acquired a Cornelius vending machine, a chest style machine.  It need a little work, so I was excited about finding this site and more importantly this forum.  I've done quite a bit of Googling and searching on the Internet looking for information, but it hasn't been a very easy task.  What has made this more difficult is I'm actually not sure what model of Cornelius this is...I definitely didn't expect to run into any issues there.  What is a little confusing to me is on the machine there are actually 2 tags with 2 different model numbers and I've struggled in finding information on either one.  Here are the model numbers and where they are located on the machine.  Any help with this initial question/task is greatly appreciated.

  - 33-6028-066 located on the back of the chest at the top
  - 33-5814-900 located on the front on the kick plate/base

Also the outside chest dimensions are 36.25" wide, 20.25" deep and 22.5" tall (not including lid), just in case that helps.

The other issue I'm looking to address with this machine is getting the coin mechanism working.  I know it's receiving power when the chest is plugged in and the coin mechanism is plugged into the cord inside of the machine.  I was able to find some information on the coin mechanism, at least I believe it is for the same model of solid state coin mechanism, which told me with switches 2 & 4 on the price is set to $0.50.  When any combination of coins totaling $0.50 is inserted nothing happens.  The coin mechanism appears to be complete, so I'm wondering if one of the boards on the sides of the coin chutes or the other one on the side of the coin accumulator might be bad.  Any help in troubleshooting this issue is also greatly appreciated.

The final topic regarding this machine is parts seem to be hard to find online.  Knowing the model number or correct model name should help with this search, but any suggestions on where I can locate parts would be very helpful.

Hopefully this isn't too many help requests for one thread...thank you in advance for any knowledge and/or insight.  If any pictures will help, let me know and I will get them added to this post.

[tkaz]

 

[hardate]

Sorry the information in my original post wasn't enough helpful without pics.  Here are pics of the chest and both sides of the coin accumulator.  If more pics would be helpful, please let me know what I should take pics of and post.  Thanks.

[mznb1u]

Welcome to the site. That is a Cornelius Compact 50. They seem to be pretty common here in MI. I have never owned one but I am sure somebody will jump in and answer your questions.

Tim

[hardate]

Thanks for the response.  From the posts that I've read the Compact 50 seems to be the redheaded stepchild of soda vendors.  I initially suspected this was the model it was, but after finding the dimensions for a Compact 50 it didn't seem to match..wondered if it might be a Compact 60 since it has a can rack in it, but haven't found the dimensions for that model to match it up.

I'm really hoping I can get some insight and answers to my questions, because although this may be a cheap vending machine and not very sought after by collectors, I like the size of it and the can functionality is perfect for my needs and plans for it.  Also, like others in post about these Cornelius machines, its a good one to get my feet wet with.

Thanks again for the post.

[halehouse]

I honestly have not seen one with an electric coin mech. Mine isn't electric in my Cornelius chest.

[tkaz]

I can't help much with these coolers, but I can send you the manual and parts manual if you shoot me a PM with your email address in it.  There are some troubleshooting sections as well as wiring diagrams that might help out.

Again, not familiar with this machine, but with others, you have to have product in the vend area for the coin mech to take coins.  Do you have a bottle or can loaded into that area when you are dropping the coins in?

[jholmgren]

I honestly have not seen one with an electric coin mech. Mine isn't electric in my Cornelius chest.

Mine is not either, Dan.  Totally mechanical.

[hardate]

From the documentation I've found on the coin mechanisms used in these machines, there are 2 different types.  One is called a Mechanical Modular Coin Mechanism and the other is called a Solid State Coin Mechanism.  The Solid State one is electrical while the other is not.  If anyone wants to check out the copy of the document just PM me an e-mail address and I'll send it.

I didn't notice any sensors involving the rack when I removed it to clean it up, but went ahead and loaded a few unopened cans of Bud Light in it and the coin mechanism still didn't work.

[CoinOpCrazy]

I'm actually restoring one right now for a guy. Attempted to tell him it just wasn't worth restoring but to no avail. Some people...to each his own I guess.
Cant help you with the mech that's the first I've seen one with a board in it like that. Do you have the light-up sign on it? they are always missing.