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WE 51AL desk stand (dial candlestick)

Started by poplar1, December 29, 2023, 06:45:44 PM

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51AL diagram from ATT Spec 4566, February 1926, page 38 (TCI Library)

Desk Stand Cord (from subset) connects as follows:
Red conductor to R on small terminal block in base of phone
Green to GN on same terminal block
Yellow to Y on dial

Receiver Cord:
Green to GN on terminal block in base
White to W on dial

D3B Switch Cord ("harness")"
Double blue from BB on dial to BB on rack (switch hook)
Red from R on small terminal block to R on rack
Black from BK on dial to transmitter

Other transmitter wire goes to YY on rack

Diagram shows a 2A-type dial
For a 2H, 4H, 5H, or 6A dial, strap dial terminals BB and R together.
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