[rescue] Telephon rescue!

James james at jdfogg.com
Sun Apr 18 17:19:02 CDT 2004


> I've got an old Western Electric 302 rotary phone set from '45.
>
> Anybody know how to wire it up (it has red/green/white) to a normal
> modular jack so that it will ring?  Wiring up red/green lets it
> work (talk,
> dial, etc) but it wont ring.
>
> bill

White is ground. You will find ground at your NIB. I always thought it would
work without ground, perhaps the ringer is josed?



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