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by jim_lawless
714 days ago
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I'd read a story a while back about a phone company employee who serviced payphones. He would periodically shut off power to payphones on his route, causing them to trap whatever coins the callers would insert. He'd return at a later time, turning the power back on. The coin return would then empty and he'd get the coins. |
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Pay phones do not require an external source of power to operate the line or the internal phone mechanisms.
> causing them to trap whatever coins the callers would insert
It's been a while, but my recollection is that if the coin relay loses power it should return the coins to the user immediately. This is why the Green Box and shorting diodes would work.
> He'd return at a later time, turning the power back on. The coin return would then empty and he'd get the coins.
It's interesting how people will try to turn stories of petty theft into clever achievements.