Can vending machine help

Basic instructions of loading, setting prices and general information on your can vending machine.

(1) After plugging machine into electrical power 117volt, standard line power, make sure that the machine is set out from the wall at least 4-6 inches. This will allow proper ventilation for the refrigeration unit.

(2) Load the machine with cans. Some models hold 2 cans deep, some hold 3 cans deep. A list of models is shown below:

Two can deep machines include-Vendo 264,345,407,475-Dixie Narco 180,240,368,440

Three can deep machines include-Vendo 480,570-Dixie Narco 501,600

If the machine has double columns (2 cans wide) then you need to be careful when loading these columns. Double columns have a bar that moves back and forth (Dixie Narco and pre-Univendor Vendo only) when vending. Make sure to load the cans on the high side of this bar. Sometimes the high side is on the left; sometimes it is on the right so look into the column to see which side is the high side. Most machines have loading instructions on the inside door panel, in case you get confused. After loading the machine with cans you will have to vend it a few times to do what is called ‘priming’ the machine. Priming is the process of getting cans down into the mechanism for initial vending. Priming only has to be done the first time you load the machine or if you change drink selections in a column. Once the machine is primed the sold out switches will keep a few cans in the vend mechanism for next time.

Load change in the changer unit. All changer units have slots at the top of the change tubes, usually for nickels, dimes, and quarters (TRC-6200 loads nickels, dimes only). Make sure to manually load change into these tubes be careful to put the proper coins in the proper tubes. Load tubes about half way up to start. Coins will then load automatically when machine is vended. After tubes are full then all excess coins will go to the cash box. Without loading the changer with coins it will not make change for coins or dollar bills if the machine has a dollar bill validator.

Your machine has been ‘pre adjusted’ by our staff for 40 degree Fahrenheit (at 500' above sea level) operation. This is called the food zone. Should you need to make your drinks colder or warmer you can do so by adjusting the thermostat. Be careful when making drinks too cold as ‘diet drinks’ freeze at a higher temperature than regular drinks. Should the ‘diet drinks’ freeze they will jam in the vend mechanism and the machine will be out of order. Adjustment procedures later in this booklet.

Basic troubleshooting

(1) Problem: Machine will not vend, all money comes back to coin return when inserted.

Possible solutions: Make sure machine has cans in it. If entire machine is empty it will not vend.

Possible solutions: Make sure that there is not a ‘credit’ on machine, once vend price has been reached the machine will not take any more money until selection has been made by pressing button.

Possible solutions: Make sure that the machine is loaded properly. If any one column has a can jam due to improper loading or other reasons then the entire machine will be out of service. Carefully remove the motor cover panel (possible shock hazard, don not work with live power) and see if all of the motors are in their ‘home’ position. There are wheels on the motors that turn and switches that ‘drop’ into notches on these wheels. This notch is the home position. If the motor is not in the ‘home’ position then it is likely that you have a jammed can. With power to the machine ‘off’ and clear the jam from the column that is not ‘homed’ by manually removing the cans from that column until empty. After jam is cleared turn on power and motor should ‘home’ on its own.

(2) Problem: Machine will not take dollar bills (for machines with validators).

Possible solutions: Make sure that there is change in all of the changer tubes (5,10,25 cent coins) of the changer (TRC6200 nickels, dimes only needed).

Possible solutions: Make sure that the harness to the dollar validators has not come unplugged from the machine or the validators.

(3) Problem: Machine will not cool.

Possible solutions: Check lower fan to see if it is running. If it is not running the thermostat could be turned off or bad. The thermostat on Dixie Narco is usually located below motor cover in the right hand side of machine, below the can chute on the right wall of the cabinet. Vendo machines have the thermostat located towards the rear wall of the cabinet below the can chute on the left hand side of the machine, right in front of the evaporator fins. All of the way counterclockwise turns refrigeration off. The farther you turn to the right the colder the machine gets. Be careful not to turn too cold or cans will freeze. Remember diet drinks freeze at a higher temperature than regular drinks. Most machines have an electrical plug from the refrigeration unit plugged into a black box on the lower left hand side of the machine. Unplug this plug and plug it into a heavy-duty extension cord. If the compressor unit comes on (along with lower fan) then that basically proves that the thermostat has probably gone bad.

We hope that the above suggestions have been of help in setting up and maintaining your machine.

Thank you-Vending world