WE bell box

[Digidude66]

Hello all, first post.

I bought a WE bell box for my sons WE202. Didn't ring with the internal .1 mfd cap. I connected a 47mfd from an old 500 network and with also backing off the tension adjustment was able to get a decent bell. Bought an audio quality 47mfd cap but didn't know the size. I was able to mount and close the box. My question is why was the original cap only .1mfd? Did it run on higher ac voltage. My line is 68vac ringing

[MMikeJBenN27]

Should be 1 MF for the ringing condensor, 2 MF for the speech condensor.

Mike

[countryman]

I don't know what component values a 500 uses exactly, but there is more than one capacitor in it.
Generally speaking, the ringer capacitor is a 0.5 ... 1 µF type rated for at least 250 Volts.
0.1 µF is too small and won't work for a ringer, but may be used for other purposes in a phone.
47 µF is way too large.

...oops Mike was faster :-)

[Digidude66]

I watched a YouTube video about testing bells and the guy said a&k terminals on the network was 47mf. Wouldn't using a larger cap just be over kill because it's just going to charge/discharge low current ac anyway? Thanks for the responses.

[TelePlay]

Lot of "."'s missing.

0.47 uF for a WE with a C4A ringer.

Other phones and other ringers may use other ring capacitor values.