[tech] Coke machine lights, empty detection, fans

Nick Bannon nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Mon Feb 4 21:28:06 WST 2008


On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:05:53PM +0900, Nick Bannon wrote:
[...]
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 12:01:21AM +0900, Nick Bannon wrote:
> > The resistors get _hot_. The 4N38A opto on slot 0 is burnt out and gets
> > warm. Slot 6 empty detection sometimes works, possibly a dry joint.
> 
> TODO: The slot 0 optocoupler is now in a socket - if someone has a 6
> pin optocoupler to hand *TURN THE MACHINE OFF* then replace the opto
> and see if it fixes slot 0!

Nah, it won't last long. There's something around 5V AC going into that
opto input.

Nick.

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