phone only dials the #1 ????????????

[antiqueguy]

Well I finally built my subset box. got my dialgizmo and was finally ready to dial up on the old D1 202.  But................only the number one pulses and dials.  The contacts look like they are working perfectly.   I'm getting ready to give up. I've been struggling for 6 months with this phone from everything to mini networks, to subsets, and now this.  Phone has been tested without box and it works.  Dialgizmo has been tested it works.  Photo links to box below.
http://hullofsorrow.deviantart.com/art/subset2-307420778
http://hullofsorrow.deviantart.com/art/subset1-307420536

update: bypassing filter circuit made phone work. resistor 217.3 Ohm 1/2 watt. Capacitor 2.65 micro farad, 50v non polarized. 

[twocvbloke]

The capacitor looks to be wrong, it should be a non-polarised polyester film capacitor, that one pictured looks like an electrolytic capacitor which won't work properly in a subset... 

[antiqueguy]

Were can I get that type of capacitor?  Does the wiring look correct? What is different about the capacitor and should it be the same Micro farad value as the existing one? Thanks for the reply.

[Phonesrfun]

First of all, the wiring of the cheater subset itself is correct, but I have no idea how your dial gizmo is supposed to connect into the line, since I have never used a dial gizmo before.  Perhaps you can pass that information along.

The cheater subset circuit you used which was one that I suggested does use a capacitor that could break down under certain conditions, but it is not all that likely.

Radio Shack does have a metal film 1.0 mF cap rated at 250 volts that you might try in its place.  That cap is R.S. Part number 272-1055 and sells for $1.79.

[stub]

antiqueguy ,
                 Here's what it looks like -    
                 Why are you trying to use the dial gizmo?  Here is a problem a member was having with his dial gizmo which sounds just like yours. Reply # 61               Maybe this will help.
                                 
                                     
                                     http://tinyurl.com/7t7845z


                                                                                                                                    stub

[antiqueguy]

First of all, the wiring of the cheater subset itself is correct, but I have no idea how your dial gizmo is supposed to connect into the line, since I have never used a dial gizmo before.  Perhaps you can pass that information along.

The cheater subset circuit you used which was one that I suggested does use a capacitor that could break down under certain conditions, but it is not all that likely.

Radio Shack does have a metal film 1.0 mF cap rated at 250 volts that you might try in its place.  That cap is R.S. Part number 272-1055 and sells for $1.79.

I will just have to try it.  I just don't know much about this kind of stuff. I don't know why it wouldn't work. Did you use this capacitor with you phone? was it the same model?

[antiqueguy]

antiqueguy ,
                 Here's what it looks like -    
                  Why are you trying to use the dial gizmo?    stub

Thanks Stub.  I have at&t uverse.  I have to use a dialgizmo. 

[stub]

antiqueguy ,
                  I  modified my earlier post . It seems that the dial gizmo doesn't like the WE dial.   stub

[antiqueguy]

antiqueguy ,
                  I  modified my earlier post . It seems that the dial gizmo doesn't like the WE dial.   stub

The phone by itself works fine with the dialgizmo device.

[stub]

antiqueguy ,
                 I guess I didn't word my question right. What does the dial gizmo do ? Is it for tone or does uverse not recognize pluse dialing? I'm stuck inthe slow lane - at&t dial-up   stub

[antiqueguy]

The dailgizmo device converts pulse to tone.  Uverse no longer accepts pulse dialing.

[stub]

antiqueguy ,
                I use the touch pad, as shown on the link here-
                                                                                        http://atcaonline.com/ttpad.html
                                                                                         
                They are very easy to built and work great, mine has for 5 or 6 years. I use it on the candlesticks as well as the Local battery phone that Bill helped me with.  Read all of pg. 5 here-
                                                                                                                     http://tinyurl.com/7t7845z
                                           and see what you think about it.   stub
                 

[antiqueguy]

antiqueguy ,
                I use the touch pad, as shown on the link here-
                                                                                        http://atcaonline.com/ttpad.html
                                                                                         
                They are very easy to built and work great, mine has for 5 or 6 years. I use it on the candlesticks as well as the Local battery phone that Bill helped me with.  Read all of pg. 5 here-
                                                                                                                     http://tinyurl.com/7t7845z
                                           and see what you think about it.   stub
                 

I gave it a read I still dont understand what this device is supposed to do.

[stub]

antiqueguy ,
                   It is a tone keypad that will work with any phone. I will check ,shortly, a non-dial phone that has Bills' cheater subset in it to see if it works with that set up. Be back shortly.  stub

[stub]

antiqueguy ,
                  Yep!  Works fine here on my POTS line( plain ole telephone service)  This keypad also works with all my AE phones that have the correct subsets and Kellogg sticks with subsets.      stub