Connecting Edwards 55 jackpot bell

[wolftalk]

I tried to connect the chime to the cash box unit and I notice that it doesn’t count the first coin every time I try playing,  so it only chime on the two last coins in every game?


The game it self working good when I’m playing three coins and it lights up accepting three lines play 

cash box meter wasn't the greatest suggestion :-(


the cash box meter only increments when a coin is diverted directly to the cash box - bypassing the full hopper.  If an inserted coin goes into the hopper instead, the coin box meter is not changed.


bally typically connected the chime to the two wires on the terminals of the "total in" meter:


1] one wire is usually orange wire 70 - the 50V power wire from the fuse, tho some games stuck a door switch in between so the meter didn't increment when the door was open.  You can always connect one lug on the chime coil to wire 70 wherever it's convenient to attach to.


2] the other wire goes to game circuits. 


if you don't have a total in meter, the [2] wire above is also the wire on the handle release coil, but some games disconnected the handle release coil after the first coin causes the handle release to trip.


without the right schematic, you'd have to either try it or :


- look to see if the not-orange-70 wire on the handle release coil loops up to a switch on the handle release relay assembly
- if it does, does that switch open when the handle release coil is tripped?
- if yes, you want to connect the chime to the wire on the other blade of the switch - the wire not going to the handle release coil terminal


you could also connect the chime to the wires on the coin relay, but the risk is if you get a problem that keeps the coin switch closed, you'd probably burn up the chime coil.

[SPN]

I meant the total coin in meter that goes to the hopper when I said cash box meter


I have both the total in and out meter, but the total in meter doesn’t count the first coin, and that make the counting wrong, but that is not a big issue but it doesn’t give the chime coil the first plus and the chime only works on the second coin..


I don’t have any door switch so I don’t know why the first coin don’t give the total in meter any plus..

[wolftalk]

just to sanity check, you're talking about the 831 here, right?



on the line unit relay is a SPDT switch with a brown wire on the middle blade and when the relay isn't powered it should connect to a blade with a white/blue wire.  Check that switch is cleaned/adjusted and see if the total-in meter and chime works on the first coin.


most of the games have a door switch that prevents the meters from working when the door is open.  If the total-in meter doesn't have orange wire 70 on it, then you probably have that switch .. tho it may be disabled if the meters work with the door open.

[SPN]

Yes I’m still on the 831 and you where right about the line unit relay, I cleaned it and a little fine adjustment and it seams to work now. I connected the chime to the orange 70 and the brown wire that goes to the total meter in meter and it looks like it’s working as it should now!