Coin acceptor

[Detbjr]

Hello all - newbie here. I have a 4 bay ss. Long story but the wash was vandalized before I got it and there are no coin acceptors.

Does anyone have a preferred make/model of coin acceptor that they can recommend? I have Dixmor led 6 timers. The control panels in the bays appear to take a 2” face plate and there is maybe 6 inches or so from the coin slot to the hole in the vault where the coins fall.
Thanks

 

[Randy]

A few pictures would be nice. I like ether the Slugbuster or the Microcoin QL, we have both and are happy with both of them.

 

[Roz]

Microcoin is better than Slugbuster (IMO and from our experience with both). Microcoin you can train, Slugbuster requires a sample coin.

 

[MEP001]

I've had a lot of problems with Slugbuster II and III. It might be my customers blasting the coins in as hard as they can, but with Slugbuster III I end up with dollar coins and tokens that aren't mine getting past the gate. Slugbuster II can't distinguish between a quarter and a dollar coin, and the dollar coin jams my changer. I tried a couple Microcoin QL and I've had a lot of trouble with them jamming. I replaced one with a SecureCoin and haven't had any problems with it. If I took quarters only I'd stick with Sensortron or Slugbuster I.

 

[soapy]

Check to see if you have short drop or long drop coin acceptors.I have been using secure coin acceptors for several years and I am happy with them. They are programmed for quarters and the dollar coin and can learn 3 coins of your choosing.

 

[Dan kamsickas]

The control panels in the bays appear to take a 2” face plate and there is maybe 6 inches or so from the coin slot to the hole in the vault where the coins fall.
Thanks

Any standard "long drop" 2" coin acceptor will work.

 

[1carwash1]

I've had a lot of problems with Slugbuster II and III. It might be my customers blasting the coins in as hard as they can, but with Slugbuster III I end up with dollar coins and tokens that aren't mine getting past the gate. Slugbuster II can't distinguish between a quarter and a dollar coin, and the dollar coin jams my changer. I tried a couple Microcoin QL and I've had a lot of trouble with them jamming. I replaced one with a SecureCoin and haven't had any problems with it. If I took quarters only I'd stick with Sensortron or Slugbuster I.

Does the Secure Coin acceptor reject quarters if it is "blasted" into the coin slot? Perhaps, I had an isolated issue, but when I tried a Secure Coin acceptor the quarters would be rejected if they were not slowly dropped into the coin slot. Is this still the case? I never had that problem with Slugbusters or Sensortrons.

 

[MEP001]

Does the Secure Coin acceptor reject quarters if it is "blasted" into the coin slot?

I haven't tried it myself. The sensor appears to be in the top coin chute path, so I can see where it could be a problem. I haven't noticed any customers having problems.

 

[Detbjr]

Really appreciate all your responses so far guys!

 

[soapy]

I have around 30 of the secure coins in service and it has never been a problem for me of people blasting quarters through.

 

[Randy]

It's not to hard to figure which coin to not use. Does anyone know which one I'm referring to?