Blacks Antique
How would you connect an old phone with three wires instead of a modular jack end?
Sorry if I sound like a fool, Im just trying to figure out how to adapt this sucker.
Here’s a pic of the situation Im talking about.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1963-Western-Electric-500-Rotary-Dial-Telephone-BLACK-Metal-/120800272355?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2041dfe3
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-black-antique-Bell-Western-Electric-F1-rotary-telephone-phone-/220884390175?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336dbc511f
You can see instead of the square plastic jack it just has 3 wires.
PS..love you forever if you link me to a youtube showing me how!
Thanks for the info! I guess Im more so trying to figure out the other end of the connection. Like, the part that would normally plug into the wall or outlet. What am Im supposed to do with those 3 loose wires at the end?
try this
http://www.porticus.org/bell/telephones-olderthan500.html
it has a photo link
http://www.porticus.org/bell/images/5302l-linecordconnections.JPG
other info and links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone
showing 3 wires leaving a typical phone
2 to the handset (on the transformer)
1 more to the bell via a capacitor/condensor..
It probably had the ability to connect seperately (as now) for some PABX connections.
See here (from that page) on how modern standard practice connected them
(using links in the phone for different uses – public exchange, extension phone, PABX etc)
http://www.porticus.org/bell/pdf/c38.551.pdf
It looks like it may have expected to have an extra ‘connection’ box with extra components in it.
see here (handset mounting cord – A/B/C in the center)
http://www.porticus.org/bell/images/we-102.jpg
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