Refill key instructions

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mr2nut
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Refill key instructions

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I know I know, some of you more experienced players might be tired of explaning how these work, but if someones got a spare few mins and wouldn't mind giving me a detailed description of how you can use it to your advantage, i'd really appreciate it.

For example, last week I put it in pots of gold and when holding down start, it said 1 X 143. Now what do these figures mean? The left side figure is always 1 right? But what does the second side figure mean?

I assume the further away the second figure from the 1 is, the better chance you have of winning as this machine payed out 45quid after 15quid in just after I did this, whereas when ive used it on a machine before the number was way lower and it just kept taking money
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Post by stewy »

the '1' would signify the '£ hopper' and the next number is the number of £ coins in there...
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Re: Refill key instructions

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mr2nut wrote:I assume the further away the second figure from the 1 is, the better chance you have of winning ...
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Er, no. Quite the opposite.

1PD = 143.00
1 x 143
£1 x 143
Refill * 143

All of the above examples (from different cabinets) are telling you that the hopper is £143 away from being full, which is of course BAD NEWS (in most circumstances).
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Post by mr2nut »

These 2 replies seem to differ. One seems to say thats how many coins are in the hopper, the next reply seems to say thats how many it needs to fill the hopper. Which is it? :lol:
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Post by gambogaz1 »

Its how many coins are needed to refill the hopper. Hence the key being called a refill Key. However theyre becoming less & less useful.
For Instance your machine was £143 off but still paid out because :
1. It may not be refilled and has been drained of coins with lots of notes going in.
2. A lot of small pubs only have the machines half floated so it's £125 off before anyone has touched it.
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Post by madfish21 »

Hi,

I might be new to this but I disagree , on my own machine (barcrest eliminator) when you turn the refill key it shows the ammount of coins in the hopper, not the ammount needed to fill.
Does this vary from machine to machine ?

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Post by Fruiter »

Yes i've heard it varies from between manufacturers, some show what's left to fill and some show the balance, i'm not quite sure which is which, you could always key it, then put in a quid and try again then you'd know either way, here's a guide i found.
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Post by JG »

The older machines tend to tell you what is IN the hopper.

More modern machines tell you what YOU NEED TO FILL the hopper.
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