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#71

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / Re: WE 554 won’t ring

Last post by keithi70 - April 19, 2024, 02:03:18 PM

If you connect another ringer, does it ring?  Perhaps the Telo device stopped providing ringing current.

Larry

I literally just bought another rotary phone yesterday - a desktop WE 500 - but I'm waiting for the connecting wire I ordered to get here so I can wire it up. I bought it, among other reasons, to see if it rings or not.

#72

Phonographs, Typewriters, Vacuums, Calculators, Juke Boxes, Slot Machines & Cameras / Re: Bell & Howell 708 Headline...

Last post by Westrex - April 19, 2024, 01:15:20 PM

Before you install the lens, remove the bulb without getting fingermarks on it. Get the fan going first, motor bearings probably need oil. Those little slide projectors get dangerously hot.
You may be better taking Sunset 12's deal.

I got the fan running and it works well, and the bulb is easy to remove (see manual photos). The condenser is held in with some tabs that you can push out of the way to take out and install the new condenser.

#73

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / Re: WE 554 won’t ring

Last post by poplar1 - April 19, 2024, 01:05:18 PM

If you put your finger on the clapper, do you feel any movement?

You can temporarily disconnect the blue dial wire from RR. Then, listen in the receiver while the phone is supposed to be ringing. Do you hear anything?

#74

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / Re: Stromberg Carlson wont dia...

Last post by bcarolla - April 19, 2024, 12:49:00 PM

There is no model information stamped on any of the bases on the 5 phones I have that all act the same. I think I am giving up on these and moving on. Thanks for all the help.

#75

Telephone Restoration Projects and Techniques / Re: Questions About Using Rota...

Last post by Jack Aman - April 19, 2024, 12:42:29 PM

Another fun thing.  "Landline" calls (actually the VOIP assigned number) ring on the old phones and subsets with the familiar North American ring.  Calls to my cell number ring with the British "ring-ring" pattern.  Calls to my wife's cell ring through with a custom "long-short-long" pattern.  All programmable in the XLink settings.

#76

Telephone Restoration Projects and Techniques / Re: Questions About Using Rota...

Last post by Jack Aman - April 19, 2024, 12:34:03 PM

I use an Xlink BTTN between the house wiring and my cable company VOIP.  It works perfectly, tolerates out of spec dials and actually has adjustments in the settings/firmware for slow dials, foreign dials, etc etc.  On incoming calls it rings a total of five WE ringers strongly in my house and that is without the "extra ringing power" you can command in the settings.  I have several phones with the ringers disabled so incoming calls do not sound like a prison break. The fact that it also connects our cells to the house phones is a bonus.  Recommended.

#77

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / Re: WE 554 won’t ring

Last post by LarryInMichigan - April 19, 2024, 12:08:52 PM

If you connect another ringer, does it ring?  Perhaps the Telo device stopped providing ringing current.

Larry

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Phonographs, Typewriters, Vacuums, Calculators, Juke Boxes, Slot Machines & Cameras / Re: Bell & Howell 708 Headline...

Last post by HowardPgh - April 19, 2024, 10:50:54 AM

Before you install the lens, remove the bulb without getting fingermarks on it. Get the fan going first, motor bearings probably need oil. Those little slide projectors get dangerously hot.
You may be better taking Sunset 12's deal.

#79

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / Re: WE 554 won’t ring

Last post by keithi70 - April 19, 2024, 10:44:42 AM

Try ringing it with all other phones unplugged.

If the Ooma ATA is sending less than 77 Volts AC, you may want to adjust the biasing spring on the ringer. Try moving the spring to the low notch.

Photo credit to member G-man.

This is the only phone currently hooked up; the craziest thing to me is that it's been working fine to this point, I disassemble/ reassemble the receiver and boom...no ringer. But I'll give your suggestion a try.

#80

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / Re: WE 554 won’t ring

Last post by keithi70 - April 19, 2024, 10:41:38 AM

Thanks much! I will look into your suggestion.