Connecting a power supply in JCC vac

[Alsoar]

I'm trying to wire a (240v to 24vdc) power supply in my Jim Coleman Vac to run a Nayax.

I was wondering if anyone knows what is the best location to connect the wires to?

I'm thinking of connecting the live wire to the circuit breaker but i'm don't know where the neutral wire should connect?



Thank you

 

[edredtop]

You can't use your existing transformer?
It looks like everything you need for power is on the terminal block on the lower left. Get a voltmeter and verify.

 

[Alsoar]

You can't use your existing transformer?
It looks like everything you need for power is on the terminal block on the lower left. Get a voltmeter and verify.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried connecting to that first but the Nayax wouldn't power up. (however it's fine connecting to the terminal block for the self serve bays)

I tested the black and white wires at terminal block with a multimeter and it was showing under 1 volts. It was the same with my other vacuums too. Everything however is working fine. I guess there's not enough power left in the transformer to run a Nayax on top?

Thought it'll probably be easier to just run an extra transformer for the Nayax.

 

[Blanco]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried connecting to that first but the Nayax wouldn't power up. (it's fine connecting to the terminal block on the self serve bays)

I tested the black and white wires at terminal block with a multimeter and it was showing under 1 volts. It was the same with my other vacuums too. Everything however is working fine. I guess there's not enough power left in the transformer to run a Nayax on top?

Thought it'll probably be easier to just run an extra transformer for the Nayax.

That’s a 24AC transformer not DC.

You can get a 24v AC to 24v DC converter and use the blue and yellow wires on the left side of transformer as power.

If you want to use your 220v power supply then attach the two leads for power to the black and orange wires on the right side of the AC transformer.

The terminal strip on the bottom left I’m pretty sure is for old swipe and clean with keypads. I’m almost positive it’s useless other than decoration.

Good luck.

 

[Alsoar]

That’s a 24AC transformer not DC.

You can get a 24v AC to 24v DC converter and use the blue and yellow wires on the left side of transformer as power.

If you want to use your 220v power supply then attach the two leads for power to the black and orange wires on the right side of the AC transformer.

The terminal strip on the bottom left I’m pretty sure is for old swipe and clean with keypads. I’m almost positive it’s useless other than decoration.

Good luck.

Thanks for your reply Blanco.

I do as you recommended. That's a much better suggestion than me thinking of connecting to the circuit breaker.

And wow yeah you really know your stuff. It's exactly a swipe and clean vacuum! And i'm still running that 20 year machine because having wash codes to clean bays are so useful.

 

[Blanco]

Thanks for your reply Blanco.

I do as you recommended. That's a much better suggestion than me thinking of connecting to the circuit breaker.

And wow yeah you really know your stuff. It's exactly a swipe and clean vacuum! And i'm still running that 20 year machine because having wash codes to clean bays are so useful.

No problem sir.

Wow that is an old system. Was ahead of it time though then. If your not using it for credit card processing which it doesn't sound like and only for washing bays then you should look into purchasing some turn on switch locks from coleman. You already have the spot cut out in your door to the right of coin acceptor for them. You can get them keyed the same as your cam lock keys so all you do is stick your key in turn it and it kicks on HP Rinse or all functions depending on how you wire it.

With Nayax or Cryptopay you can have wash downs cards. The cards wear out though and ive always found the switch locks to be the easiest and best way to wash down.

 

[Alsoar]

No problem sir.

Wow that is an old system. Was ahead of it time though then. If your not using it for credit card processing which it doesn't sound like and only for washing bays then you should look into purchasing some turn on switch locks from coleman. You already have the spot cut out in your door to the right of coin acceptor for them. You can get them keyed the same as your cam lock keys so all you do is stick your key in turn it and it kicks on HP Rinse or all functions depending on how you wire it.

With Nayax or Cryptopay you can have wash downs cards. The cards wear out though and ive always found the switch locks to be the easiest and best way to wash down.

Yeah i agree it definately was ahead of it's time. Credit card usage was starting to become more popular in the 2000s and it was the only system that offered credit card usage for bays and vacs. And it also connected to my entry wizard/water wizard so it used the SnC internet connection rather than the dial up modem.

However it was a cyber security risk. It stored all the credit card details in a plain text MS access file and it the software was running on Windows NT4.

I have Nayax on the bays already so i probably get wash down cards, but i at the moment, i enjoy the convenience of just pressing a code to access the bay functions (i probably just like pressing buttons!).