Re: Telephone Ringers: how & why

Justa Lurker <JustaLurker@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

The ringers for party line use were interesting too.
A standard ringer could be any of 1) across tip and ring
(single party line) or 2) from tip to ground or 3) from
ring to ground.

When a subscriber instrument on a multiple-party line
was installed at a customer's location, how did the
craftsman get a good electrical connection to ground so
that the ringer would operate properly ? Would they
clamp onto a cold-water pipe coming in from the street,
drive a ground rod, tap into the ground connection on
the electrical panel, ...? For that matter, wasn't an
electrical ground required at each subscriber location
[single or multiple party] for the line protector ?

They were (are) required to drive a ground rod. The
difference now is that only two wires, tip and ring, are
required to be extended to the actual telephone set,
where as with a party line phone using that method there
had to be 3 wires, with the ground also going to the
telset.

--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@xxxxxxxxxx
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Telephone Ringers: how & why
    ... A standard ringer could be any of 1) across tip and ring ... (single party line) ... how did the craftsman get a good electrical connection to ground so that the ringer would operate properly? ...
    (comp.dcom.telecom.tech)
  • Re: Telephone Ringers: how & why
    ... craftsman get a good electrical connection to ground so ... difference now is that only two wires, tip and ring, are ... where as with a party line phone using that method there ... series with the ringer, the other across it, I think. ...
    (comp.dcom.telecom.tech)
  • Re: City Party Line Service
    ... This was a ten party line ... where each line rang uniquely (no coded ringing.) When you dialed ... One side of the party line customers have their phones wired "tip to ... "ring to ground". ...
    (comp.dcom.telecom)
  • Re: really old phone lines
    ... Multi-party service did NOT use "filtered ringers". ... connected to either the ring or tip side of the pair and the other side ... A 4FR: One party on the ring side ... BILL? ...
    (alt.home.repair)
  • Re: really old phone lines
    ... the phone's ringer was connected to either the ring or tip side of the pair and the other side to ground. ... A 4FR: One party on the ring side was assigned a LONG ring, the other party was assigned two, short rings. ... The same held true for the two parties whose phone ringers were wired to the TIP side of the pair. ... In addition to what you wrote above there was tip-to-ground with positive and negative ringing and similar ring-to-ground positive and negative ringing. ...
    (alt.home.repair)
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