I just purchased this phone and would love to make it work. I've looked around and can't seem to find the wiring diagram anywhere. I came across this site and figured if none of you know then nobody will. The handset is still wired but the wiring to the phonejack is missing.
Welcome to the forum. Your phone an AE80. One of the wiring diagrams here: http://telephonecollectors.info/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=265&Itemid=11 (http://telephonecollectors.info/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=265&Itemid=11) should be right for it. There may be terminals marked "L1" and "L2" in the phone. You want to connect the red and green wires from the phone line cord to these two terminals. Polarity does not matter.
Larry
Go with this one for a Manually Compensated AE80 with Potted Network:
http://telephonecollectors.info/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=1860&Itemid=11
Welcome to the Rotary Phone Forum. Are you in Canada or was your phone an Illegal Imigrant to the USA?
Terry
I've been looking for one and told the wife if she see's any at a garage sale to pick it up if the price was reasonable. The guy wanted $10, she gave him $5.
To answer your question it's an illegal import.
Quote from: AE_collector on August 15, 2011, 11:30:40 AM
Go with this one for a Manually Compensated AE80 with Potted Network:
http://telephonecollectors.info/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=1860&Itemid=11
Welcome to the Rotary Phone Forum. Are you in Canada or was your phone an Illegal Imigrant to the USA?
Terry
Terry: Is the Dawn Gray AE80 you sold me an illegal immigrant also?
Jorge:
I got a green card for the gray 80 when I took it into the USA to mail to you. Didn't you find it in the box with the phone?
Terry
AE had some nice looking phones and I think the AE 50 is very under rated in price lately but they all seem to be a bear to work on. When it comes to fixing them they could of all stayed north of the border.
I'll fix it as soon as my soldering iron heats up. Here in the Detroit area it was WE country. When I first started eBaying I searched for Western Electric because I thought that was the only manufacturer that made phones. When I saw what else was out there I was like a kid in the candy shop. The first phone I bought on eBay was a WE 211 Spacesaver. I had never seen one before and I thought it was the coolest phone ever. Dummy me paid $89 for that phone. The seller must have wet his pants.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program, my mini hi-jack is over.
Doug Pav
I don't think that Canada could provide homes for all AE's if they were to all be north of the border but I am willing to provide as much room as I can for colored AE's no matter if they have chrome or gold matte trim.
Terry
emtaylor ,
Welcome to this forum ! Nice AE- 80. Starting at the 2nd pic of your telephone, the 1st connection on the right side, Red line in wire on the 1st terminal and on the 3rd (moving to the left) gets the green line in wire . Or as Larry said you can reverse if you want to . It doesn't matter for this phone. Hope this helps . stub
Wallphone- :o North , no no ;D Just send all those AE's to my place. I'll take them!!!!! ;D
Terry- I'll make the room if I can find the money ;D stub
Well Stub, you have been doing your part I would say!
Terry
I try ;D ;D stub
Thanx stub, hopefully I'll try to hook it up this weekend.
Are there adapters to hook this up to a modern phonejack?
emtaylor,
Do you have a POTS line(Plain old telephone service)? You need a rj11 plug(modular) and use the center pair( red & green). I make my own but you can get them from oldphoneworks.com or off e-bay, Radio Shack. Here's one on e-bay that you could cut in half and have 2 line in cords 12 1/2 ' long. If you have any problem just let me know. stub
http://tinyurl.com/3jdwrwf
The local dollar stores (not Dollar Tree) around here have modular phone cords and jacks, so there is no need to buy them online or pay $$$ at Radio Shack.
Larry
CoolBeans...
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emtaylor,
Here's a pic of mine. Your line in wire will go to 8 (L-2) and 10 (L-1). stub
Larry- Yeah, I forgot about them!!!! stub
That's what I've been looking for, thanx to all of you's....
Gett'in there, hooked up the L1 & L2.
The phone rings, I can answer it and hold a conversation.
Cannot dial out though.
Any ideas?
What happens when you try to dial? Does dialing break dial tone?
Larry
No, the dial tone continues
What sort of phone service do you have? Not all equipment for IP based phone service handles pulse dialing.
Larry
Just called my phone provider, tone only no pulse.