873 payout question

[slotsteve]

20 pay shouldn,t be hot only the 100 on 5bar x 3

[SilverFerret]

It shouldn't be but if it's hot due to an unwanted closed contact, would it continue to run? Obviously the 20 is hot because it runs until it's off the 20 strip.

[slotsteve]

count it by hand to 100 then look at the 20 pay foil is it touch by a little bit  if so try to move foil board alittle so that 20 pay is not touching  , when you hand count 100  you can call me i can tell you better on phone
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steve

[SilverFerret]

Yes it does touch at 100 steps. I didn't know whether that is supposed to happen or not. From what I read and understand to be the case, only the payout foil that matches the payout on the reel strips should be hot? If it is touching the 20 pay foil, should that make a difference if it's not hot?
I don't get home from work until late and I'm on the west coast but I'm home wednesday. I don't want to wake you so I'll call then.
I appreciate your time.
Thanks, Jim

[slotsteve]

talk with you then

[Op-Bell]

The top contact doesn't stop the hopper at 100. What it does is hold continuity until the rotating wipers pick up the continuity segment, at around 70 steps, and then it should break, long before the 100th step. Once that happens the hopper will run to the 100 point on the continuity strip and ought to stop. However at that position, the wipers will be resting on the zero-reset position of the other tracks, so if the 20 "any bar" track is energized it's going to pay out some more. There should be a relay in the hopper that energizes on the 100 payout and breaks the 20 payout.