atm machine

[Cavyking666]

How do they work and how much is normally kept in them?

[CheekyChops]

Why, are you thinking of nicking one?

You put your card in, the machine reads the magnetic strip (or chip) and checks the PIN you enter and your available balance. You ask for some money, if you have the funds to cover it, the machine dispenses it.

The amount of cash inside one can vary, a machine on a busy high street on a Saturday will be stocked with more cash than a machine in the middle of nowhere midweek.

[pug100]

Try this website, it has a video of how one works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/atm.htm

According to the above $100k, so I suppose a similar amount in pounds.

[lajohn]

Cavyking666 - I've just reported you to the police. They will have their eyes and ears and dogs on the look-out for you.

[lajohn]

roystonevass - stop following me around you troll!

[PLIVELY34]

i used to fill one of the these and balance them twice a week. usually put in about 120-130k on a friday and maybe another 40-50k in the middle of the week. theres a series of belts and pulleys that pull the money out of trays in a safe section of the machine. they did tend to jam pretty often when old notes were put in. they are very sensitive to bent corners on notes which caused a major headache for my branch as each one was monitored on the downtime of the atm.