[tech] Coke machine fault, was Re: [ucc] Minutes of Meeting on 14th July 2020

[James Arcus]

Will do.

James [MPT]

On 21/7/20 11:20 pm, Mark Tearle wrote:
> Hi James
>
> No advice on the emptying of the slots.  I'll leave that to Bob.
>
> Can you take a photo if you get an opportunity of the compliance plate 
> on the front of the machine (bottom right corner) and the original 
> circuit diagram inside the machine door?   That might provide some 
> clues if we need to source a replacement.
>
> Mark
>
> --
> Mark Tearle <mtearle at ucc.asn.au <mailto:mtearle at ucc.asn.au>>
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2020, at 10:41 PM, James Arcus wrote:
>>
>> The machine has been left off.
>>
>> I'll be in over the next couple of days, so can poke around for info. 
>> But I don't want to do too much touching of the electronics. What's 
>> the best way to go about emptying it whilst powered off?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> James [MPT]
>>
>> On 15/7/20 4:04 pm, Andrew Adamson wrote:
>>> So the really tricky thing about the refrigeration unit on the coke
>>> machine is that it's 110V. It has a large internal transformer to step
>>> down from 230V to 110V. When I did the rebuild+service (8/9 years ago
>>> now!?) I had a look around to see what would be involved in getting the
>>> whole refrigeration unit swapped out. It's...not easy. I couldn't find
>>> anyone who could do it as a custom job, and certainly nothing off the
>>> shelf that would suit. Knowing a little more these days, it might be worth
>>> chasing someone who does coolrooms for a living to take a look at it.
>>>
>>> If you think it might be the start capacitor then we should leave the
>>> machine off until someone with a multimeter can check it out, though I
>>> would have expected it to trip the circuit breaker if the motor were
>>> stalling on startup. Could also be the thermostat relay contacts have
>>> finally kicked the bucket, which would explain the intermittent operation.
>>> Either way I think we should empty it of stock to make testing easy and
>>> leave it off for now.
>>>
>>> Andrew Adamson
>>> bob at ucc.asn.au  <mailto:bob at ucc.asn.au>
>>>
>>> |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them."                |
>>> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
>>>
>>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2020, Mark Tearle wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2020, at 10:11 PM, Alexie Wallace wrote:
>>>>                                                                                                  UCC Committee Meeting Minutes 2020-07-14
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *snip*
>>>>
>>>>                                                                                                          Machine Technical Reports
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *snip*
>>>>
>>>> MISC.
>>>>
>>>>         o
>>>>
>>>>            The IPv6 range is closer to being used
>>>>
>>>>         o
>>>>
>>>>            Vending Machine: broked
>>>>
>>>>             o  Will need fixing
>>>>         o
>>>>
>>>>            Vending machine is now turned off
>>>>
>>>>             o  Needs diagnosing ...
>>>>             o  When it was power-cycled on Monday - it got cold...
>>>>             o  Compressor fault? ($$$)
>>>>             o  Thermostat? (less $$)
>>>>         o
>>>>
>>>>            [MPT] to send an email to tech@ about this
>>>>
>>>>             o  Worst case...need to find a vending machine husk...
>>>>
>>>> _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There was a faint odour of capacitor when I restocked it on Saturday.  Bob might have photos of the compressor from during the great rebuild.
>>>>
>>>> Next time someone passes the clubroom if they can take a photo of the compliance plate; that might be helpful to identify what our replacement/service options are.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>> --
>>>> Mark Tearle<mtearle at ucc.asn.au>  <mailto:mtearle at ucc.asn.au>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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