[Hallicrafters] Off-subject question on telephones

[Jack Schrader]

When I was an installer for a local tel. co years ago and there were
such things as party lines the ringing current came in on one of the two
wires and if one had the wires reversed the ringer would not ring but
the phone would still work ok for calling out. That was easily checked
by just swapping
the wires(red or green) either at the wall jack on the wall or on the
protector on the outside of the house.

My 2cents worth.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lrlayton at cox.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "Waldo Magnuson" <magnuson at mac.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Off-subject question on telephones


> 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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