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WE 302 doesn't close the line

Started by mroderick, February 05, 2013, 02:03:24 PM

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mroderick

Hoping someone can help, I came across this Western Electric model 302 in some things that were left behind in my new old house. I thought it would be cool to get it working, so I opened it up and wired up a modern telephone cord to it as instructed in various other posts. When I plug it in I get a dial tone, but when I hang it up, the line stays open. I took a look at the switch inside and both switches appear to open when the phone is hung up. I also compared all wiring to the diagram on this website. Any ideas?

dsk

Welcome to the forum!

??? Do you have some pictures of the wiring?

dsk

LarryInMichigan

One quick thing to try would be to disconnect one of the ringer wires.  If the ringer capacitor is shorted, the phone would hold the line even when on-hook.

Larry