Wascomat/Electrolux Selecta II dryers
This article covers installation of readers on Wascomat or Electrolux dryers with Selecta II controls. The readers use pulse control.
Required parts
- Reader (model CR-11-130-04 for stacks, CR-11-230-04 for singles)
- Cable harness
- Power supply (in some cases)
Installation Steps
Step 1: Turn Machine Power Off
Step 2: Remove coin-drop
Step 3: Number the reader using the DIP switch
Step 4: Signal/Start Connector
For models that a have a screw terminals, connect the wires to terminals 3 and 4 from the top
However, some models may not have this screw terminal. Instead the coin-drop uses a white board-edge connector as shown below. In this case you'll need to splice the harness's Start wires onto these existing wires (and cut-off any excess going to the coin-drop). The reader harness's white wire should splice to the middle wire, while the reader harness's green wire should splice to bottom wire.
Step 5: Reader Power
If reader cable harness has a 2-pin white board-edge connector, connect it to P8 as shown below.
If your reader kit came with a 12Vdc power supply, you'll need to splice the AC side to high voltage on the machine. The 12Vdc side just connects to the cable harness.
There is a third option is splicing to wires coming out of P9, which have 18Vac on them. Contact us if you want to use this option.
Step 6: Mount the Reader
To where the coin-drop would normally be mounted. No drilling is required.
Step 7: Activate Reader
Use the provided Activation card to activate the reader:
Setting Vend Prices
Set the vend prices using the Laundro Portal.
Time Unit cost
Every time you tap/present the card, the reader will deduct the Time Unit Cost from the laundry card balance, and send ONE pulse to the machine, just like a coin-drop.
The price configured, and displayed, on the machine itself is largely irrelevant.
Some store owners match the price on the machine to the price on the reader. The problem with this approach is that if you want to change the vend price in the future, you'll need to change it on both the reader and the machine.
Other owners set the machine vend price to 1 penny. This way, machine users would not pay much attention to the machine's display and focus on the reader display, allowing the owner to adjust prices without worrying about synchronizing the display on the machine itself.
Top-off time
The Time Unit (mins) parameter is ONLY used by the reader to simulate the dry time; it does NOT control the actual dry time, which is controlled entirely by the machine.
This value must be in sync with the actual time-unit value that is setup on the actual machine itself.
Troubleshooting
Below are problems commonly encountered during installation of readers on these dryers. For more general reader troubleshooting, see Reader Support
| Issue | Explanation and resolution |
| Reader takes money, but no actual time added to machine | This likely means that the Start wires are not properly connected. |
The left-side reader overlaps the button. | The mounting-plate was not installed correctly. Unscrew and rotate the mounting plate |
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