Maintenance and service connections

ATCP 75.36 Maintenance and service connections. (1) Replacement parts. All replacement parts and tubing shall be equal to or exceed original equipment specifications. Any clear tubing used shall be replaced with clear tubing only. No part built in as a function of the vending machine may be removed or bypassed. (2) Service connections. (a) Utility openings. All service connections through an exterior wall of the machine, including water, gas, electrical and refrigeration connections, shall be grommeted or closed to prevent the entry of insects and rodents. (b) Miscellaneous openings. Miscellaneous openings into the cabinet and through the cabinet wall, other than coin entrance, money or credit card slots, coin returns, and crown pullers, but including openings for optional service connections or alternate installations, shall be provided with effective closures by the manufacturer. The closures shall be provided for these not-in-use openings, and shall be easily identifiable, properly marked or adequately described in the instruction manual for their intended use. (c) Disconnection safeguards. All service connections to utilities shall be of a type that will discourage their unauthorized or unintentional disconnection. History: CR 17-074: cr. Register July 2020 No. 775, eff. 10-25-20.