Vacuums: cc swiper location

[Waxman]

i'm installing credit card Swiper's on my IVS vacuums. They are the old-school ones with no display. I'm leaning towards putting the box for the Swipers on the right hand side of the coin box area. What are your thoughts on this? Do you have pictures you could share of your vacuums with a Swiper mounted like I'm describing? Thank you

 

[cantbreak80]

Here ya go...
Laurel Metal's side-mount box with Nayax on an IVS.

 

[Waxman]

thank you

 

[Dan kamsickas]

i'm installing credit card Swiper's on my IVS vacuums. They are the old-school ones with no display. I'm leaning towards putting the box for the Swipers on the right hand side of the coin box area. What are your thoughts on this? Do you have pictures you could share of your vacuums with a Swiper mounted like I'm describing? Thank you

How old are they? The meter panels have been roughly 8.5 X 15 for about 20 years. We put several brands of credit card on those.

 

[Waxman]

about 20 years old

 

[Dan kamsickas]

about 20 years old

Get me the measurements. You probably have the previous "B" size. I know we've made those replacement panels for a Dixmor but I'd have to dig to see if we ever did one where the Cryptopay actually fit. I think the Tap+ may fit but not confident on the swiper.

 

[Earl Weiss]

If you are going to use and LED & timer, also check the depth of the current box to make sure it can handle this.

 

[edredtop]

Fwiw, I prefer to have the swiper almost in the way of the coin acceptor and usually mount them in between the coin accept and coin reject slots. The security bar prevented that at one location so it's in the upper left hand corner (sorry it's blurry, it's an old file pic)
Same with Tap, no box needed.

 

[Scott S]

I mounted mine on the right side and used a Cryptopay mounting spacer (https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-62219-cryptopay-mounting-spacer.aspx) to give me more room so the card doesn’t hit the crossbar at the bottom. I ground the spacer off some so the swiper only sticks out enough for the card to clear. I haven’t had any issues with this setup.