[Hallicrafters] Off-subject question on telephones

[lrlayton at cox.net]

I have been using a 1950's vintage dial phone made by North Electric for several years at my location without a problem. So, I don't think the phone company has changed their voltage spec.  Perhaps your ringer coil was ready to go, or as others have suggested, the capacitor might be bad.

Les Layton
Las Vegas, NV


---- Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com> wrote: 
> 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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