I'm trying to get an old phone cleaned up to sell on. I tried plugging it in & I get a dial tone which is replaced by silence when dialling a number but nothing else happens, you are not connected to your call.
I tried ringing it but the clapper on the bell barely moves like it's not getting enough voltage. By unplugging all other phones & using an adsl filter I got it to make a very soft ring but it's too quiet. Our house is wired with an NTE5 filtered face plate & I have disconnected the ringer wire, if that affects anything.
This is the phone before I started, covered with paint spatter!
All cleaned up now after a lot of work, if only I could get the phone working!
So any ideas?
I tried ringing it but the clapper on the bell barely moves like it's not getting enough voltage. By unplugging all other phones & using an adsl filter I got it to make a very soft ring but it's too quiet. Our house is wired with an NTE5 filtered face plate & I have disconnected the ringer wire, if that affects anything.
This is the phone before I started, covered with paint spatter!
All cleaned up now after a lot of work, if only I could get the phone working!
So any ideas?