Wonka Coin Short

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Hey all,

So I work at a certain named arcade chain and recently found this forum. I've used it for a while to help with troubleshooting, though have finally run into something I'm not positive about. Documentation is scarce and I hoped I might be able to get some help with a Wonka coin pusher I'm stuck on.

Its the 6 player version, and we've been having some significant problems with coins falling into the space on the IO board's metal housing, shorting out the board. While we're working on preventing the coin falls, we did have two fall in last week and shut down half the cabinet.

One of the 12v fuses up top blew, and we lost a 12v power supply too. I've lingered in these threads a while and followed some other suggestions from here, and reset the motherboards. That normally does it, though the powersupply dying was new this time around. The three stations stayed down still, and I noticed that the motherboards wouldn't fully turn on. I looked into the manual and found some things on clearing cmos. After doing that I was able to get the two of the boards to stay on, though that was standalone on my bench. The third only worked if the cpu cable was unplugged, and would turn off if it was plugged in.

I brought the two good ones back and one shorted again instantly and returned to its prior state. That appears to be whatever 12v adapter there was for the mobo. The other stays on still but doesn't display picture.

That's where I've left off and I'm lost. I don't want to start ordering boards at $800 a pop especially if I'm not certain the motherboards went. Any help would be really appreciated!
 
Contact me via PM. I designed the electronics for that machine.
 
Maybe you should post some pictures of the areas the coins are dropping through. I imagine you could rig a plastic bag on a slope, and drive the quarters away from the boards they are shorting out.
 
Hey all,

So I work at a certain named arcade chain and recently found this forum. I've used it for a while to help with troubleshooting, though have finally run into something I'm not positive about. Documentation is scarce and I hoped I might be able to get some help with a Wonka coin pusher I'm stuck on.

Its the 6 player version, and we've been having some significant problems with coins falling into the space on the IO board's metal housing, shorting out the board. While we're working on preventing the coin falls, we did have two fall in last week and shut down half the cabinet.

One of the 12v fuses up top blew, and we lost a 12v power supply too. I've lingered in these threads a while and followed some other suggestions from here, and reset the motherboards. That normally does it, though the powersupply dying was new this time around. The three stations stayed down still, and I noticed that the motherboards wouldn't fully turn on. I looked into the manual and found some things on clearing cmos. After doing that I was able to get the two of the boards to stay on, though that was standalone on my bench. The third only worked if the cpu cable was unplugged, and would turn off if it was plugged in.

I brought the two good ones back and one shorted again instantly and returned to its prior state. That appears to be whatever 12v adapter there was for the mobo. The other stays on still but doesn't display picture.

That's where I've left off and I'm lost. I don't want to start ordering boards at $800 a pop especially if I'm not certain the motherboards went. Any help would be really appreciated!
If the hoppers are overfilled, it will can cause the coins to overshoot the hopper and land inside the bottom of the cabinet. My single player Willy Wonka sometimes has coins fall but since the singleplayer and 2 player machines have their computer boards mounted on the side of the cabinet, this issue doesn't happen.
I've seen Willy Wonka and Wizard of Oz machines that are littered with coins that arcade staff don't bother cleaning up
I'd suggest checking inside the cabinet for any fallen coins when refilling the card dispensers so you don't have as many issues with coins shorting out the circuit boards.
 
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