Antique wall phone

[Rod]

I recently accuired an antique Stomberg-Carlson magneto wall phone that is all intact and appears to be funtional. I was wondering if the bell could wired to ring when the other phones in the house ring and what would be involed to make it work?

Thanks
Rod

[AllanJ]

The bell must have been intended for use on dial telephone systems. This includes having a set of switches that remove it from the circuit when the receiver or handset is lifted off of the hook. When the phone is "hung up" the bell is connected directly across the two conductors of your phone line.

Part of the specification for telephone bells intended for dial telephone systems is the impedance of the bell unit namely the impedance of the coil. This is expressed as "ringer equivalents" where "one" more or less corresponds to the bell of a "standard desk dial phone". Too many ringer equivalents from different phones in the house and the ringing current from the central office is insufficient. Unpredictable things happen such as some or all of the phones not ringing or even a continuous busy condition sensed by the central office.

[CraigFL]

I'm sure you could find the components or someone who could convert the phone to more modern electrics so it would work better on new line systems. You could keep the old look(and old components).

[Rod]

Thanks for your replies. I will look into it further.

Rod

[Putt]

I recently aquired a Kelloge 20163 wall phone mfg. by the K.S. & S Co. Chicago. It is in fairly decent condition and I would like to try and restore this wonderful piece of equipment. Can anyone provide a site or forum on this subject.

[Gypsyboy]

I'm actually starting research on antique phones (pre- or early-1900s), so I can construct one from the ground up. I want it to work like a modern phone, but look like an old one. I, too, am interested in learning about wiring for these things. It looks like wiring up the bells might be harder than I thought, but it seems to me there must be a way to convert the impulse from a modern phone-ringer to a mechanical ringer. I don't want to wire this phone in with other phones, as such, but have it as a stand-alone wall phone with it's own jack.

I'm a new member, by the way, and this site looks like an incredible source for great info. I'm looking forward to reading more in these forums.

Michael
aka Gypsyboy

::edit by author:: What I said about not wiring the phones together up above may be a little confusing. I meant to say that I want to plug it into a jack on the same phone number line as the rest of the house. So it would ring just like any other phone in the house, but with the bells instead of the modern ringer.