Western electric telephone wiring diagram. Manual contains 25 pages with diagrams and drawings. Or itll make calls but cant receive them. Vintage western electric company telephone sets manual for no 1317 western electric 317 wooden wall phone information for the care and operation of no 1317 317 telephone sets. Western electric telephones made prior to the breakup of the bell system january 1 1984 were designed and built to last for decades.
Sometimes this connection will get the phone to work to make and receive calls but the ringer wont work. Telephone collectors international is recognized by the internal revenue service as a 501c3 organization to which tax deductible contributions can be made. If a western electric phone ever quit working your local bell operating company would send out the telephone man to your house and fix it for free. Search for the phone model and wiring or schematic eg.
Western electric diagrams schematics and service manuals download for free. Very informative manual which was originally printed in 1925. 211 sans dial telephone. North 5h6 wiring this is a library of basic schematics wiring diagrams and other information that can be useful to anyone interested in restoring or repairing vintage telephone equipment.
Network xiii 4189 views. These phones were large nearly a metre high. This site is a non commercial site intended for telephone historians collectors and other enthusiasts of vintage telephone equipment. 16 type horn new 41 1 new 41 2 new 41 3 new 41 4 new 41 5 new 41 6 new 41 7 new 42 1 new 42 2 new 42 3 new 42 4 new 42 5 new 42 6 new 42 7 new 43 1 new 43 2 new 43 3 new 43 4 new 43 6 new 43 7 new 43 8 new 43 9 new 43 10 new 43 11 new 43 12 new 43 13 new.
Using the 5 wire cable connect one end of one of its wires to the l2 terminal on the 4228 network and connect the other end of this same wire to the y terminal in. At the 211 telephone move the handsets black wire from the bk terminal to one of the two unused terminals marked b. Western electric model 500 desk phone restoration part 1 duration. To a modern phone line.
The early production phones of the bell company and its manufacturing company western electric were the 1882 model 3 box wall phones using the blake transmitter. If you dont find your model listed try looking up the last 3 digits in the tables for other western electric models. Its a messy business this phone wiring. Generally the information in the library is limited to equipment that was made prior to 1980.