3 Conductor Line Cord Question?

[Dewdrop]

Will a 3 Conductor Line (phone to wall) Cord work on a Western Electric hardwired 500?

I'm looking for the following colors: Aqua Blue, Red, Pink, & Orange.

THANKS
Debbie

[Phonesrfun]

To answer the question, yes.  A regular 500 needs 2 conductors, and the colors of those are usually red and green.  A third yellow wire was always furnished on the 500 for a method of grounding party line ringers.  If you get three conductor hard-wired cords you can't go wrong.

I don't have a supply of cords, however. 

[Doug Rose]

Will a 3 Conductor Line (phone to wall) Cord work on a Western Electric hardwired 500?

I'm looking for the following colors: Aqua Blue, Red, Pink, & Orange.

THANKS
Debbie

Debbie...check this out, not mine....Doug

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200585478141

[Dennis Markham]

Debbie, reference the ebay listing Doug posted.  Although many cords are shown there, the auction's Buy It Now price is for only ONE cord.  You pick the color.

[GG]

On the East Coast, 3-conductor cords were standard and 4-conductor cords were often found.  I have never seen a stock 500 set or 2500 set with a 2-conductor cord furnished by the Bell System. 

Anyone who has seen Bell-issued sets with 2-conductor cords (not modular), I'd be interested to hear about where those were used. 

[Phonesrfun]

I probably should clarify. 

The 500 always came with three conductors.  Sorry for the confusion. 

Sometimes I get carried away with trying to be too precise.   I was trying to point out the fact that since ther are only 2 conductors coming into the house, the phone itself only really needs 2 as well, now that nobody has party lines any more. 

The fact is there are only going to be three conductor cords out there.


Somewhere, though, I know I have seen a 2-conductor line cord, I believe on a 302, but my memory is not what it used to be.

[Dewdrop]

Thanks Bill, Doug, Dennis, & GG for the info.

Doug, I had that auction on my ebay list. There doesn't seem too many of those listed lately on ebay or I'm just not finding them.

I did notice it was for one cord.

Debbie

[Doug Rose]

Thanks Bill, Doug, Dennis, & GG for the info.

Doug, I had that auction on my ebay list. There doesn't seem too many of those listed lately on ebay or I'm just not finding them.

I did notice it was for one cord.

Debbie
[/quote  Debbie....I won the original auction and there was no mention of one cord so he ended the auction. I thought I had a deal. ....Doug