[Hallicrafters] Off-subject question on telephones

[Edward B Richards]

How about a resistor in series with the ringer? Also, they use a
capacitor in series with the ringer so it does not load the line voltage.
How about a smaller capacitor?

73 from Ed Richards K6UUZ
Simi Valley, CA. Home of Air 
Force 1 pavilion
 
On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 11:10:49 -0700 Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com>
writes:
> My daughter bought a c.1938 WE302 telephone.  The phone rang twice 
> and 
> then the ringer coil opened up (too much voltage I guess).  Is there 
> a 
> Hallicrafters person on the forum expert in telephones that could 
> contact me?  I'm thinking that maybe a couple of protection zener 
> diodes across the ringer coil could protect burn-out of a 
> replacement 
> coil.  Thanks.
> 73,  Skip  W7WGM
> 
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