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Any recommendations for wireless phone jacks?
I'm trying to set up a Western Electric 500 in a room that doesn't have a phone jack. I know they make wireless jacks; in fact I own a set, but they don't seem to work. Does anyone know of a well built wireless jack set? Ideally made in USA but I doubt that exists for this.
Also i really need to pick up an adapter for the 4 prong to RJ-11 connection. I'm thinking of going with this https://www.oldphoneworks.com/4-pron...-plug-kit.html but if anyone has a better suggestion I'm all ears!
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I'm not sure a wireless jack will have the guts to ring that phone. You may have to source an external ringer/driver to do the job. I don't have any specific recommendations, but I've seen them out there over the years.
Have you tried the jack with a more modern, all "electronic" phone? Low REN number, etc... Is pulling a cable out of the question? Or have you dropped POTS service? Chip |
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I'm wondering if part of the problem is the phone itself. I'm almost certain the jacks are dead, and the adapter is questionable, but when I plugged it directly into the jack on the central box using that adapter, I didn't get a dial tone. I can tell the plug isn't seating well in the adapter, but I'm not convinced there's anything there that can go bad. I guess I really need to check the adapter and whether the jack from that box is providing enough power to drive the phone. Does anyone make an adapter that would plug into an outlet to provide the phone with power, if the jack doesn't supply it?
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Little note on wiring rotary phones with no plug or a 4 pronger to a modern jack: old phones have three wires per 'line' Red, Yellow, Green While modern circuits are two wire per 'line' Red and Green....When connecting a vintage phone to a modern line Yellow and Green from the phone are connected together to green from the wall outlet...
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Will I need to modify the internal wiring of the 4 prong plug? It's possible that the prongs are on the wrong terminals, though I haven't messed with it myself.
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Take this with a grain of salt since I have not done much work on phones in the last 8 years....I built a collection I was happy with and basically stopped.
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I switched to TWC and it's very satisfactory, price and reception. The phone service is part of my internet modem. I don't think, that modem could support the old time mechanical ringer. It never even dawned on me. ![]() |
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I'd betcha a beer your TWC phone modem can run at least one rotary dial phone.
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I honestly, never even thought of it! ![]() |
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