[tech] Slot 5 'empty' light out on drinks machine

[Nick Bannon]

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:01:29PM +0800, Scott Young wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just letting everybody know that the 'empty' light on slot 5 appears
> to be dead. The slot was empty earlier on today (as was slot 1) and
> the light didn't come on for slot 5, but did for slot 1.
> 
> Apologies if this has already been reported and I missed it. As I
> recall, these bulbs burn out fairly frequently...

Yes, so the slot 0 neon is dying; and the slot 5 neon is dead. They were
replaced at the start of February 2008, three months ago... There are
spares in the metal pocket inside the machine.

They use a current limiting resistor - maybe replace it with a resistor
that's twice as big and see if the light is still bright enough.

> I remember somebody suggesting a bug-tracking system for the UCC --
> does one exist yet? Perhaps that would be a better venue to raise
> issues like this in future.

I don't think one exists yet, you could install one, or abuse the
wiki...

Nick.

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