error code coin opto 17.83 barcrest

tweenage · Post by **tweenage** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:08 pm

hi i have a hot stuff , not been used for some time, plugged it in and keep getting this message and an alarm, coin opto 17.83 , took the hopper to pieces and cleaned it, but still doing the same thing?

any ideas please guys

regards

tweenage · Post by **tweenage** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:02 pm

anybody know?

wildcat · Post by **wildcat** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:29 pm

it sounds like the infared light that counts the coins out of the hopper is either dirty (clean with a cotton bud) or has just gone faulty, they do go like this from time to time, you may need a new one or new hopper.