[tech] Coke machine lights, empty detection, fans

[Nick Bannon]

(thanks for mentioning, John!)

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 06:32:57PM +0900, Nick Bannon wrote:
> A possible cause of slot 0 burning out could be that the voltage
> dropping capacitor on that line has failed short circuit... I don't have
> a replacement to hand, but a temporary (?) fix is that I've added a ~27K
> resistor to the opto LED input. The opto LEDs only need 2-4mA to light up,
> so dropping the 100V input voltage with resistors is not tooooo wasteful.
> We'll see if it lasts.
[...]

Nope, slot 0 empty detection is dead again. Might need another 0.22uF
high voltage capacitor.

The neon light flickers on and off, it's probably dying, too.

Nick.

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