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#21

Collector's Corner / Re: French Grammont phone frag...

Last post by MMikeJBenN27 - Yesterday at 04:09:42 PM

Kool!  I have one of those handsets, but it is missing the contact finger for the transmitter, and I wouldn't know how to hook it up anyway, as the colors are in French, and I don't know how to speak French.

Mike

#22

Technical "Stuff" / Re: Question about hookswitch ...

Last post by MaximRecoil - Yesterday at 03:38:51 PM

I just got the "cam lobe" made and mocked it up in there (I just taped it to the "camshaft" and the 2 additional microswitches aren't wired up yet; when I finish it will be super glued to the shaft), and it works perfectly. When I depress the hook switch lever the first microswitch actuates (which I'll wire as the receiver muting switch) and then the next two microswitches actuate (which I'll wire as switches for L1 and L2).

The receiver muting switch should be wired to the same two terminals on the network that the two receiver wires are wired to (R and GN), is that right?

I've attached a short video of it working (hookswitch.zip), along with a couple of pictures.

#23

Collector's Corner / Re: French Grammont phone frag...

Last post by countryman - Yesterday at 02:51:02 PM

Thanks a lot Etienne,
I eventually found a template to reproduce:

#24

Technical "Stuff" / Re: WE500 Network Question

Last post by TelePlay - Yesterday at 01:29:40 PM

Two different red circles, first one is holding a component inside the network in place and the second is an early connection of one lead to the other side screw terminal.

This is an early WE 425B network.

#25

Technical "Stuff" / Re: WE500 Network Question

Last post by dsk - Yesterday at 12:34:45 PM

That is original. Later version did use screw terminals only.

#26

Technical "Stuff" / Re: WE500 Network Question

Last post by Gerd - Yesterday at 11:14:56 AM

Here is another Picture of the same Network. Is this original or has someone worked on it and soldered the cable? The Price for the phone is not that cheap and I want to be sure that it is in good technical condition.

EDIT: Just found out that this seems to be orign. Watched a video on YT.

#27

Technical "Stuff" / Re: WE500 Network Question

Last post by tubaman - Yesterday at 09:28:53 AM

I think they are just a bent over tags that hold parts inside the network.

#28

Technical "Stuff" / WE500 Network Question

Last post by Gerd - Yesterday at 08:33:43 AM

Hello,
I found an old WE500 and have a Question relating to the Network. Is this little "bridged" Part cutted or broken? I found other Pictures on which this is not the case.

#29

Telephone Troubleshooting and Repair / 233G PAYPHONE CONVERSION

Last post by HarrySmith - Yesterday at 07:55:55 AM

I am working on a payphone for a customer. I am converting it to work on a landline. I removed the coin internals and installed as WE 4010 network in the upper housing. I used a wiring diagram I have used on all my payphone conversions with no issue, attached. I usually use a 425 network but I ran out so the 4010 went in. Connections are the same. I wired it up using jumpers between backboard and upper housing. I got nothing. After checking my wiring several times and everything looking good I was stumped. I decided to try my test handset and I got dial tone! I guess the handset I got with the phone is no good, The issue is the dial tone is very faint, what could be the cause of that. Also I do have another handset but it does not have the usual color wires, red, white and black. IIRC it has green, red, black and blue. I have never seen a handset with those color wires. I can just try different ways to hook it up but maybe someone knows the proper connections?

#30

Telephone Historic Pictures, Signs, Directories, Advertising & Ephemera / Re: Examples of 7-Digit dialin...

Last post by Westrex - April 21, 2024, 08:48:28 PM

Here's 2 examples of signs with the two letter-5 number arrangement.

Mondo Meats: http://tinyurl.com/mu2wkw53 Tel: PArkway 5-1565

Truevalue Hardware (Greenwood): http://tinyurl.com/ax2v7utv Tel: SUnset 3-2900

Correction: Mondo's Meats is no longer at the location listed, however their sign is still there. The business that's currently there doesn't share the same phone number.