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In article <722202917snx@nlbbs.UUCP> paula@nlbbs.UUCP writes:

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 > In article <1648@airgun.wg.waii.com> miller@hmsp04.wg3.waii.com writes:
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 >  > I have an old telephone (circa 1963, from the dates stamped inside) that >  works
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 >  > Surely the wiring has changed since then - I understand that there used to >  be
 >  > 3 wires/line and now there's 2 wires/line. Maybe with a little redirection
 >  > of the internal wiring I can get the ringer to work?
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 >  >      Griff,
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 >         You're on the right track - Tip and Ring (red & green) are the
 >         "active" wires in phone lines. Used to be that Sleeve (yellow)
 >         was the ground.
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 >         Older phones sometimes were wired with the bell connected from
 >         Tip-Sleeve or Ring-Sleeve or, on private lines, Tip-Ring.
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 >         You may find that the red and green wires from the phone cord go
 >         to L1 and L2 in your old phone. To work nowdays, there should be
 >         a wire to the bell connected to each of these. If not, look at
 >         where the cord's yellow wire connects. Move the bell connection
 >         from there to the lonesome red or green connection.
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 >         Also there are two other wires from the bell. These should
 >         connect to K and A on the transformer thing (where L1&L2 are).
 >         A capacitor should also be connected to K and A.
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 >         Like this:
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 >              RED L2 ---/\/\/\-- K --||-- A --/\/\/\/\---- L1 GREEN
 >                       1/2 Bell      CAP      1/2 Bell
 >                        Coil                   Coil
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 >         *   Paula Stockholm              paula@nlbbs.UUCP        *
 >         *  Cumberland, Maine          !nlbbs!paula@uunet.uu.net  *
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