American changer

[Detbjr]

Hi I’ve got an American changer ac2221. I’m trying to get it back to life. The hopper boxes are filthy and so is the orange plastic chain. Is that chain something that should be replaced periodically to get the changer to work right or it doesn’t matter?

 

[Keno]

Posting pictures will help you getting better from the forum. There are several good videos on YouTube on cleaning, inspecting, and lubricating american changer hoppers

 

[Greg Pack]

There's a Facebook group that might be helpful for you. It's ran by a guy that runs a changer repair business.

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[SudsMaster]

You can check feedback about it or watch videos; it will surely help you.

 

[buckeye3847]

They sell new hoppers for $99-136 range at suzo-happ. You can replace the belts and clean the hopper, but if its been in service for a while, it might just be easier to get 2 new hoppers than chasing down issues with a worn out hopper. https://na.suzohapp.com/products/coin_hoppers/EV100-001B or https://na.suzohapp.com/products/coin_hoppers/EV100-011B. Both have serial or cctalk parallel interfaces for the new and old control boards. You can definitely try to do a proper cleaning first as well by taking apart the hopper and cleaning thoroughly.

 

[Detbjr]

Thanks for all the feedback. I took the hoppers apart and cleaned them. I loaded them up. They work once and then I get a 300 error code, which means empty hopper. If I turn the board off and on, the error code clears. Put a bill in then the error code comes back.

The coin contact strips in the Hoppers are good - if I empty the hoppers, I get the 300 code right away. Fill it, the 300 code goes away but then one bill cycle, the 300 code comes back. Power off and on, code clears, bill in, code back.

any idea what I should check next in this condition?

thanks!

 

[Detbjr]

 

[Detbjr]

This is the board from the changer. I saw another thread that the money controls hoppers are the best. I just was trying to do some troubleshooting before buying a bunch of stuff lol