Ericsson BCI 330-1

[Marc87]

I bought one of these in Paris.  It's beautiful, can anyone help me restore this? Or have any advice.  I want it to work in the uk.

Many thanks.

[unbeldi]

Welcome!

Is this a 1950s Bakelite set that looks somewhat like between the DBH-1001 and the Western Electric 302?

[G-Man]

 Photos and a description of what needs to be restored would be of immense help.

In the meantime, here are photos and a description taken from an auction listing:

Gorgeous original French Phone of the 50 s in black Bakelite Model Ericsson BCI 330-1 Following the shortage of the war, a new model was created, standardized, using less material.
So was created the universal post in 1943, the famous U43, by Ericsson Phones . This post is molded plastic: in times of restriction of raw materials related to the war, this device no longer required that 1200 g of iron and 80 g of copper.
This model is totally made of Bakelite and was made for the French Post and Telecom Stamped back. On the rotary, it is written in French.
Size about 5"x9"x5" (23x13x14 cm)

[Jack Ryan]

Note that there is no bell in the phone.

Some information: http://alain.levasseur.pagesperso-orange.fr/page20.htm

Operation in the UK: http://www.britishtelephones.com/pstconv1.htm#non

I haven't followed the conversion instructions so I can't vouch for them.

By the way, it is universally called the U43 (no pun intended), few would recognise the code you used.

Good luck.

Jack

[Matilo Telephones]

Indeed, the U43. Perhaps it is wise to change the title of this thread.

The reason it is so similar to the DBH1001 is because it was originally developed by Ericsson France. Apparantly they took the DBH1001 as a starting point.

The insides are totally different though. As Jack mentioned, most do not have a ringer. Some have a buzzer.

Pics of the patient mentioned by the topic starter would be welcome. What is the problem with it?

By the way, it does have a small hatch providing access to the terminal for the cords. It is the earliest telephone I have seen that has that feature. ARe there any earlier ones?