Jay Carroll Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I have a conlux NBM 3110 bill acceptor that only accepts $1.00 bills. I moved the $5.00 bill acceptance to the on position but it will not accept the $5.00 bill. The coupon acceptance is still on the off position. I tried putting both on but still no difference. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 It is too old to accept newer currency. Since the newer currency came out in 2008 you now know how old your validator is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Even if it took the new 5's, those validators are pretty bad. The old coinco BA validators are better and they are FAR older and not great. To be honest, I think the metal MAKA validators were even better than the one you have. I have about 4 or 5 of them out there and most are bottler-owned but I actually have one of their conlux validators sitting inside the door of the machine as I am using my own validator because the conlux is so bad (and they only give me rebuilt/working conlux). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Carroll Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 I was afraid of that but figured that was the issue. Any suggestions on a better reader that would work for a BEVMAX 5xxx that would accept $5,00 bills? I know she’s older but (knock on wood) she’s running well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacanteen Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Another consideration for taking $5s is the capacity of your changer. If it's only a 3 tube it won't take many $5s to deplete the change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Carroll Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 It’s in a firehouse. Our schedule is set up 4 on 4 off so I’m not here for 4 days. I can replace the coins regularly. I do appreciate the advice though. I can see that being an issue if it’s on site somewhere. It has 2 quarter tubes and a single dime and nickel tubes and everything is rounded to .25¢. Were a bunch of cavemen. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Get an MEI VN2512 that has new currency software in it. $5 acceptance won't be a problem if most of your prices are under $1 as most people will carry 1s and they don't like the pocket full of change they will get from a 5. The higher your prices are above $1 the more useful the $5 acceptance is. The coin tubes you mention mean that you also have a Conlux coin mech so remember that one of the quarter tubes won't auto fill from the coin acceptance. It has to be manually filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 35 minutes ago, AZVendor said: Get an MEI VN2512 that has new currency software in it. $5 acceptance won't be a problem if most of your prices are under $1 as most people will carry 1s and they don't like the pocket full of change they will get from a 5. The higher your prices are above $1 the more useful the $5 acceptance is. The coin tubes you mention mean that you also have a Conlux coin mech so remember that one of the quarter tubes won't auto fill from the coin acceptance. It has to be manually filled. I think it might be a 4000 series mech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 4 hours ago, AZVendor said: Get an MEI VN2512 that has new currency software in it. $5 acceptance won't be a problem if most of your prices are under $1 as most people will carry 1s and they don't like the pocket full of change they will get from a 5. The higher your prices are above $1 the more useful the $5 acceptance is. The coin tubes you mention mean that you also have a Conlux coin mech so remember that one of the quarter tubes won't auto fill from the coin acceptance. It has to be manually filled. You are talking about a Conlux 5 tube, and for those yes tube E is always manual and A is only auto fill if its $1. A 4 tube is probably (Like Chris said) a Mars 4000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Carroll Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Well that’s a lot of information. We’re going to get the part we just need some time to turn a little profit. Thank you to everyone for the advice. This is a great resource site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southeast Treats Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 You can also swap changers to a unit with a dollar coin tube, I use those in locations where I get a lot of 5's. You have more cash tied up in the change bank but will help keep from running out of quarters and customers will tend to use the dollar coins in future purchases. Be sure your bank will have a supply available, some banks just don't want to mess with stocking dollar coins so they can be hard to get in quantity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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