I was able to find a referbished machine. I hope you dont mind me asking you more questions. I have just the one snack machine at this bowling center. I was wondering what percentage of snack machine revenue is normal to be shared with the location. Right now i am splitting all prophet 50/50. The owner is a nice guy but i just want to make sure im not getting taken advantage of.

Thanks. I'm just south of Sacramento in the city of elk grove California.

Yeah i went ahead and removed the validator board and connected the changer directly to its origional board but the symptoms continued. I swapped the solenoid from the nickle to the dime slot and the problem moved with it. So I replaced the solenoid but that still didn't help. Then i realized when moving it back and forth i never changed its wiring so the machine thought it was still doing the same thing. When the machine is doing its diognostic there is a faint vibration coming from the changer you can only notice if your holding it. I thoguht that may be the solenoid trying to engage but not getting full power. In the end i figured i need to replace the board or the whole changer. If you have any other ideas please let me know. Also im looking for another snack machine if you have any recamendations on models or companys with quality afordable machines i would appreciate that too.

Thanks

That connector that looks like a battery isn't a battery but there is a battery soldered on the control board and if you loose pricing when you turn power off you need a new battery. But thats not all your problem. I'm confused about the 2 led's on the board which board?
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Well in mine there are 2 boards. The larger one that seems to be the origional logic board thats conected to the display and buttons, then theres a small one mounted to it. It looks like its after market because the main connectors to it would also fit the board below it if the smaller board was removed. This smaller board is also connected to the bill validator and has 2 leds and a set of dip switches. I attatched a picture i found online of the same one.

Thank you for all the advice. I checked all the contacts then took apart the changer to look for any blockage or damage. Everything seemed fine. I put it all back together and I'm still having the same problem. When I turn it on after a few seconds a quarter and dime are dispenced. None of the 2 LEDs on the board light up. The validator won't pull bills and the changer doesnt accept coins. The validator does cycle when it powers on. I'm able to set prices but the service button doesn't do anything. There's a small insert between the main board power connector on the bottom. It's just a connector that seems to have a small battery hard wired to it but it seems to be getting pretty hot. I doubt that's normal but I don't know. That may explain why turning it off clears all the prices and stored data. The changer model it MEI TRC-6000. Let me know if you have any other suggestions.

Thanks