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Telephone Talk => Pay Station Telephones => Pay Phones - General Discussion => Topic started by: christiansees on May 14, 2020, 03:11:41 PM

Title: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: christiansees on May 14, 2020, 03:11:41 PM
Hello All,
I have a phone that I am hoping to refurbish and put into a phone booth as working phones that make calls and collect coins. I hope that folks can look at the pictures and let me know what I have got and what they need.
As far as I know it is an Elcotel series 5. I got a new battery for it an connected it. Nothing seemed to have happened. Any advice on getting the new lock into the upper case would be appreciated.
Thanks
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: christiansees on May 14, 2020, 03:22:14 PM
Hello All,
I have a phone that I am hoping to refurbish and put into a phone booth as working phones that make calls and collect coins. I hope that folks can look at the pictures and let me know what I have got and what they need.
This one is a mystery to me it seems to be completely missing the board. It was purchased new along with others for a horse race track. It was never installed but parts were robbed to repair the others. You can see that it is marked Tatung which I found to be a Taiwanese company that made phones once upon a time. I have not found any other information for it. What it needs to be working would be awesome. I got a used hand set for it. Unfortunately it is modular plug VS spade terminals. It has two white wires and a red and a black. I am wondering how to figure out which ones should be the red, black, green, and yellow.
Thanks
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: FABphones on May 14, 2020, 03:42:49 PM
Could you add a photo or two of the phone taken from the exterior.
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: christiansees on May 14, 2020, 04:16:06 PM
Here are some of the Elcotel, I'll check if I have any of the Tatung
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: Key2871 on May 14, 2020, 05:55:40 PM
Well to be got the proper back board for a walk up, so your getting close. Do you know if your phone has all needed programming? With out that, well you have a decoration.
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: christiansees on May 16, 2020, 12:11:59 AM
I will get the programming from these folks
http://payphone411.com/programming.html (http://payphone411.com/programming.html)
https://www.payphone.com/Payphone-Programming.html (https://www.payphone.com/Payphone-Programming.html)
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=19427.0 (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=19427.0)
I am hoping to get the phones mechanically functional before I pay for that though.
That is what I am looking for advice on what parts do these two different phones need and how do I check them.
Thanks
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: Payphone installer on May 17, 2020, 08:11:16 PM
Change it to protel and you need a BJ0004 lock and key. Protel 2000 board or uae a 7000 without the ECS card.
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: christiansees on May 24, 2020, 04:30:33 PM
Hello Payphone installer,

Quote from: Payphone installer on May 17, 2020, 08:11:16 PM
Change it to protel and you need a BJ0004 lock and key. Protel 2000 board or uae a 7000 without the ECS card.
Thanks so much for your help. It is really useful, I have follow up question. When I look at this listing
https://www.payphone.com/Protel-7000-Refurbished-Board.html (https://www.payphone.com/Protel-7000-Refurbished-Board.html)
It says that it is line powered. The tatung came with a power supply. I am wondering if the 7000 board can also be used with a external power supply. As that seems easier to me than getting a VOIP analog adapter that has power over line injection to get the phone line up to the correct voltage to power the board. Correct me if I am wrong. Is there an example of a VOIP ATA that you can suggest that does? If that is a better solution.
Thanks again
Title: Re: Help with Pay phones to be put into booths
Post by: Payphone installer on May 26, 2020, 10:42:23 PM
Line powered means line powered throw the transformer away.