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Hard to say -
With three wires on the credit switch, it's possible the machine's looking for a certain on/off time. Or it's looking for an open, then close signal. (Cheating prevention, etc..?)
If the game DOES need a open/close signal, then you'll have to do some fancy wiring of a relay. (Mars MEI stackers do not have a Normally Closed relay output.)
But, any 115v stacker would do...
The switch opens, then closes, then the machine come alive. It only stops when a switch for the egg drop is closed. I have an upstacker, but can't seem to find a diagram of which wires are for what. Think we will just go with tokens haha
Thanks for the help
Vancouver, BC
Quoted from Msch:Thanks. I ended up rigging up a 4 quarter slider.
That works too. You'll need to put a sticker over the 75C label to indicate $1, or you'll have kids trying to jam 3 quarters in. 
Those old coin mechs are getting harder to find. Where were you able to locate that one?
Did you have to enlarge the mounting hole on the cabinet for it to fit thru?
Norwalk, CA
Another option would have been to use a Happ coin accumulator board. They have relay outputs with N/O N/C contacts. You would just use it with a normal coin acceptor faceplate or coin door.
https://na.suzohapp.com/products/coin_currency_supplies/42-1138-00
https://na.suzohapp.com/images/pdf/ins-0050.pdf
That's a lot of money for just the board...worth about half the Lucky Egg machine itself...
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Another option would have been to use a Happ coin accumulator board. They have relay outputs with N/O N/C contacts. You would just use it with a normal coin acceptor faceplate or coin door.
https://na.suzohapp.com/products/coin_currency_supplies/42-1138-00
https://na.suzohapp.com/images/pdf/ins-0050.pdf
Quoted from kungfucop:That's a lot of money for just the board...worth about half the Lucky Egg machine itself...
Yeah, but it's still cheaper than a down-stacker bill validator, plus it takes care of the normally closed switch issue that the OP mentioned.
When that twisted up picture hanger wire breaks, from repeated flexing, people are going to be shaking the hell out of the machine to get the egg that they paid for. I would have put a bill validator in it with a simple relay circuit.
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Quoted from kungfucop:That works too. You'll need to put a sticker over the 75C label to indicate $1, or you'll have kids trying to jam 3 quarters in.
Those old coin mechs are getting harder to find. Where were you able to locate that one?
Did you have to enlarge the mounting hole on the cabinet for it to fit thru?
I found a box full on eBay for about $30. Nope, slid right in
Quoted from Starwriter:When that twisted up picture hanger wire breaks, from repeated flexing, people are going to be shaking the hell out of the machine to get the egg that they paid for. I would have put a bill validator in it with a simple relay circuit.
It's going into a small boutique of a fashion designer. So it'll be monitored all day. That wire will undoubtedly have to be replaced at some point, maybe try to find a small chain.
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