[SML] Old telephones

[Richard Niederberg]

Dear Ben,
The Original 'Princess' and 'Trimline' phones had lights running on 8 volts
AC, but the tiny incandescent bulbs don't care if they get AC or DC.
/s/ Richard

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 9:32 PM Johnson, Philip via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> We had a green princess phone when i was growing up.  I watched the phone
> guy connect it to the phone line and noticed he put a transformer on the
> electrical outlet nearby and connected it to the other terminals on the
> phone block.  I suspect the 6 volts is transmitted through the other
> terminals.  If you take open the phone you’ll see where the phone line
> separates out to go the the handset and phone and where it goes to the dial
> light. You need to make sure teleQ is only connected to the ringer circuits
> and then send the 6 volt down the other two lines. Usually when I used
> teleQ I would have bought the 4 pin wall mount and wired the tele q to
> that.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Phil Johnson
> Texas A&M Corpus Christi
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Oct 9, 2018, at 10:15 PM, Hain, Ben P via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hey, Old telephone guys,
> >
> > Doing ‘Barefoot in the Park’ and we have an authentic beige, Princess
> phone that lights up.
> > And the light actually works; I’ve tested it with 6 volts. (GE 259 lamp)
> > The cord has the 4 pin plug on it.
> > If converted to the modular connector, will it work with a Tele-Q?
> > Will it light up? Will that harm it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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/s/ Richard
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