Converting a Standard Changemaker SC62 to a Rear Load

          A number of years ago I bought an older Laundromat. After 5 years I decided not to renew the Lease and removed all of the equipment. Some of it was scrapped, others put in existing stores and the rest put in storage.

          One of the items was an older, well abused Standard ChangeMaker  SC-62. This is a front load changer that was mounted to the wall. Over the years at that store and previous locations, it had been it numerous attempts had been made to break into it. One morning I found a prybar still stuck in the door.

          As much as it is almost impossible to get into people still try and the more scratches and bends on the door the more of a target it becomes. There is the other factor that having a damaged piece of equipment in your store will cause concern to other customers about the safety of the area and your store.

          I personally have had my fill of front load changers and the attempts to get into them so I am working on any changes needed to get rear access changers in all my stores.

          Recently I removed one from my Washin Anniston location and installed a single rear-load changer. The problem I found is that it had a smaller capacity than the previous one, and as it was located right between the large washers and dryers, it gets a lot of use and empties between collection visits.

          I did make some modifications to increase the capacity that I will document in another post.

          So this older SC-62 has been sitting in my storage area just waiting for a new lease on life. I had the ideas of how to convert it but just didn’t have a place to use it. Now I do and the existing single hopper changer will move to a new store I just bought that only has one front load changer. For now that open is OK as it has a guard welded over the locks, after the last break-in. But that’s a story for another day as well.

          So begins the steps to convert the SC-62.

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          I delivered it to my local machine shop and they had a look. It seems that we will be able to just switch the coin return opening to the current back and make new slides for the coins. They will need to be a slightly different angle to reach the hopper dump spots.

          I contact Standard Changemaker and found they have a conversion kit to the newer style MEI bill acceptors. At the time of this post, it is about $1,500 delivered. That includes everything but the existing hoppers which will plug into the new setup.

Stay tuned as I update this post…..

Ken

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