3 Line Lowboy Payout Issues

[big_e]

SO I have something odd going on with the payouts.  I will tell you that what I am messing with is the zero stop, by turning it, and also that small contact that gets opened when it returns to zero stop.
I sometimes get it where it will pay out and never stop.  Any winning combo starts paying and keeps paying.  Even some that are not winning combos if it paid previously.  I think that has something to do with the hopper not resetting to zero, or those contacts.
But if I get the zero stop just right now it pays fine.  But I dont understand the relationship between the zero stop, the contacts that open when its at zero, and why it would pay out and never stop like a runaway hopper.  What would cause that?  Yea it works now, but I wonder if there is another issue I accidentally fixed.
Thanks guysE

[ljwayne5451]

The switch is closed when a payout is made which allows the reset coil to kick in on the next cycle to reset the payout wipers back to the zero point. The switch is open at the zero point to prevent the reset coil from resetting each time you cycle the slot when there is no payout.

[wolftalk]

what's the full model number?


your right wrt the open-at-zero switch shouldn't be related to a runaway payout.   You only have one switch at the zero stop?


models like the 956 have electrically stepped payout counters.  Runaway payout happens when the payout counter step-up isn't working when the hopper is powered, or much more rarely, the step-up coil is powering but the pawl isn't grabbing the ratchet tooth properly and pushing the ratchet around one step.


when the payout is runaway, open the door and see/hear if the payout counter step-up coil is firing.


runaway paying when you don't have a winner is even odder since the payout relay should not be powered ... I'd check the redundant switches on the payout relay that are turning on the hopper (white and white/blue wires on switch blades).  Make sure both are open when the payout relay isn't powered.

[big_e]

It is a model 962

[wolftalk]

is the payout counter mechanically or electrically stepped up?