Electrical Vending Machines - how they work

Well, it's time to go through a quick lesson on electrical vending machines. A previous post explained mechanicals, but if you're new to this, you'll also want to understand how electrical vending machines, mainly snack and soda machines, work.

Unlike mechanical vending machines, you've seen thousands of electrical machines and probably used hundreds of them. You just insert your money, push a button or two, and the machine does the rest, right!

Electrical machines may be intimidating to work on and service for someone that is new to this aspect, but they really aren't that difficult to understand. Without going into a vending machine repair lesson here, we'll give an overview of how the machine functions.

Basically, when you insert the money, an electrical coin acceptor or bill acceptor tells the machine brain that you have $x.xx credit. The machine waits for you to make a selection on the front of the machine. Once you make your choice, the brain decides if that selection is available and if you need any change returned. Then you'll hear some clicks as the changer inside actuates to dispense your coins. Then you'll hear the motor which the brain has told to rotate so that your snack, candy, or soda will be dispensed.

The difference from the mechanical machine described in another post is that it has an internal changer and bill acceptor; also, the turning of the selection mechanism is done through an electrical motor rather than making a motor out of you!

When I have lots of time, we'll go through this in more detail; however, keep in mind that with a nut driver, screwdriver, and voltmeter, you can solve most problems with an electrical vending machine. A couple hours of training does help

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