Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1945 February - Page 52
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FRANK A. SHOWALTER
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE
51
108 East First Street
Santa Ana, California
Phone : Santa Ana 6991
FOR
. . The TROUBLE SHOOTER ~
•
A Deporlment intended to aid operators in their maintenance problems under •
•
•
warlime conditions. All material appearing herein has been supplied by operators •
in yarious parts of the nation and edited by Jimmie Rutter of Operators' Seryice.
Los Angeles.
'
•
BOXES AND ADAPTORS
Trouble-Coils in adaptors keep
operate, check the pins in the adaptor, to
see if they are being returned to a posi.
burning out.
Remedy-I. Check points in boxes and , tion where they will not make contact and
cause the machine to run. This troubl e
see that the money does not hang on the
switches. (a) Drop nickel through the
will not be found in the Wurlitzer adaptor,
coin ch ute and hold the trip until the ' but in the Packard, Buckley, Keeney and
Seeburg.
nickel stops, then release it. (b) If the
weight of the nickel does not trip th e
Trouble-Wurlitzer #61 2-wire and
switch, adjust the spring, so that the weight
wireless. Takes coins and refuses to
of the money will trip it.
operate.
2. In the Packard box, this adjustment
Remedy-I. Loosen brake on motor, as
is made by changing the pressure of the
it does not carryover far enough to be in
points, 0 that the money can go by the
start position for the next play.
trip.
2. If this box continues not to operate,
3. In most boxes the money will pile up
check th e switch points on the coin chute,
under th e switch and get so high that it
to see if they are shorted. This will cause
will stop the nickel on the trip. This will
the coil in the #145 stepper to be ener·
cause th e coi ls to burn, which can be
gized continually and burn up. Your fu e
remedied by removing the boxes.
in the stepper should be small enough to
4. If you check th ese points, and your
blow, if thi s happens to the box.
coils still burn out, check your cable and
3. You can also protect the stepper coil
see whether there is any point that is wet.
by replacing the fuse by a 100 or 150 watt
Often it gets wet when tbe Aoor is cleaned.
li ght globe.
If your cab le gets wet enough to trip th e
Trouble---Boxes play wrong selec-
phonograph, the best remedy is to replace
tions. Points in the box do not make
the cable, and protect it with co nduit or
and break clean.
wrap it with tape and shellac it.
Remedy-The arc from the point cau e
Trouble---Machine runs all the time.
the stepper to receive more impulses than
Remedy-If your cable and boxes are
required, to play the number selected. Arc -
not shorted, and ,the machine continues to
ing points play elections above the nUnl-
her selected. Clean points and adjust them,
a~ to make a c lean break, when they
pass over eac h notch, in the fiher gear in
the box.
Trouble-When wireless system is
used with #61 box and machine fails
to operate.
Remedy- I. Check tube in transmitter
in counter box, also tubes in th e receiver.
before adjus tments are made. (a) If the
transmitter and receiver are OK, they will
have to be lined to tbe same frequency to
make them operate. (b) In lining these
boxes, be sure to use a 500 Micro Amp
meter, plugged into jack in receiver.
(c) Make sure that the polarity of the
meter is correct, as different makes are of
different polarity.
"0
2 A.M. Curfew Killed
MILWAUKEE-Recently the City Coun·
cil passed an ordinance, permitting opera.
tors of music boxes in neighborhood loca.
tions, to play until 2 a.m., which is the
time limit given to boxes in business sec-
tions.
_ Such agitation, among civic organiza.
tlOns, was caused by this ordinance, that
th e Mayor vetoed it. Hi veto was upheld
when the Council voted 4 to 131 to repeal
the ord inan ce.
The present city regulations now tand
that mnsi(' may be played in taverns until
12 :30 a.m. during weekday evenings. The
cnrfew is 2 :30 a.m. for taverns in the busi-
nes~ districts.
* * *
The sedan was parked at tbe side of the
road. As I drew near I could hear noises.
The body of th e car swayed sligbtly to and
fro. I crept softly around to the side, looked
into the window and saw-a man trying
to fold a road map the same as it had
been.
THE BLUE BLOODS OF THE INDUSTRY READ THE REVIEW EXCLUSIVELY!
FEBRUARY
1945
COMMANDER ond CADETS Models. Any Condition
JUNKERS FOR PARTS
Write What You Have-and Price
CAILLE SLOTS OVERHAULED
Guaranteed To Work Perfectly if No Parts
Are Needed.
- --WANTED---
Groetchen METAL TYPERS and Other Arcade Equipment
Send List and Prices
FRANK A. SHOWALTER
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE
51
108 East First Street
Santa Ana, California
Phone : Santa Ana 6991
FOR
. . The TROUBLE SHOOTER ~
•
A Deporlment intended to aid operators in their maintenance problems under •
•
•
warlime conditions. All material appearing herein has been supplied by operators •
in yarious parts of the nation and edited by Jimmie Rutter of Operators' Seryice.
Los Angeles.
'
•
BOXES AND ADAPTORS
Trouble-Coils in adaptors keep
operate, check the pins in the adaptor, to
see if they are being returned to a posi.
burning out.
Remedy-I. Check points in boxes and , tion where they will not make contact and
cause the machine to run. This troubl e
see that the money does not hang on the
switches. (a) Drop nickel through the
will not be found in the Wurlitzer adaptor,
coin ch ute and hold the trip until the ' but in the Packard, Buckley, Keeney and
Seeburg.
nickel stops, then release it. (b) If the
weight of the nickel does not trip th e
Trouble-Wurlitzer #61 2-wire and
switch, adjust the spring, so that the weight
wireless. Takes coins and refuses to
of the money will trip it.
operate.
2. In the Packard box, this adjustment
Remedy-I. Loosen brake on motor, as
is made by changing the pressure of the
it does not carryover far enough to be in
points, 0 that the money can go by the
start position for the next play.
trip.
2. If this box continues not to operate,
3. In most boxes the money will pile up
check th e switch points on the coin chute,
under th e switch and get so high that it
to see if they are shorted. This will cause
will stop the nickel on the trip. This will
the coil in the #145 stepper to be ener·
cause th e coi ls to burn, which can be
gized continually and burn up. Your fu e
remedied by removing the boxes.
in the stepper should be small enough to
4. If you check th ese points, and your
blow, if thi s happens to the box.
coils still burn out, check your cable and
3. You can also protect the stepper coil
see whether there is any point that is wet.
by replacing the fuse by a 100 or 150 watt
Often it gets wet when tbe Aoor is cleaned.
li ght globe.
If your cab le gets wet enough to trip th e
Trouble---Boxes play wrong selec-
phonograph, the best remedy is to replace
tions. Points in the box do not make
the cable, and protect it with co nduit or
and break clean.
wrap it with tape and shellac it.
Remedy-The arc from the point cau e
Trouble---Machine runs all the time.
the stepper to receive more impulses than
Remedy-If your cable and boxes are
required, to play the number selected. Arc -
not shorted, and ,the machine continues to
ing points play elections above the nUnl-
her selected. Clean points and adjust them,
a~ to make a c lean break, when they
pass over eac h notch, in the fiher gear in
the box.
Trouble-When wireless system is
used with #61 box and machine fails
to operate.
Remedy- I. Check tube in transmitter
in counter box, also tubes in th e receiver.
before adjus tments are made. (a) If the
transmitter and receiver are OK, they will
have to be lined to tbe same frequency to
make them operate. (b) In lining these
boxes, be sure to use a 500 Micro Amp
meter, plugged into jack in receiver.
(c) Make sure that the polarity of the
meter is correct, as different makes are of
different polarity.
"0
2 A.M. Curfew Killed
MILWAUKEE-Recently the City Coun·
cil passed an ordinance, permitting opera.
tors of music boxes in neighborhood loca.
tions, to play until 2 a.m., which is the
time limit given to boxes in business sec-
tions.
_ Such agitation, among civic organiza.
tlOns, was caused by this ordinance, that
th e Mayor vetoed it. Hi veto was upheld
when the Council voted 4 to 131 to repeal
the ord inan ce.
The present city regulations now tand
that mnsi(' may be played in taverns until
12 :30 a.m. during weekday evenings. The
cnrfew is 2 :30 a.m. for taverns in the busi-
nes~ districts.
* * *
The sedan was parked at tbe side of the
road. As I drew near I could hear noises.
The body of th e car swayed sligbtly to and
fro. I crept softly around to the side, looked
into the window and saw-a man trying
to fold a road map the same as it had
been.
THE BLUE BLOODS OF THE INDUSTRY READ THE REVIEW EXCLUSIVELY!
FEBRUARY
1945
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