Telephone Terms

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Familiarizing Yourself With Telephone Terms

Making yourself familiar with various terms used in the telephone field is always handy when discussing problems with the Repair Technician

Central Office: The telephone company facility where the automatic switching equipment or Switchboard is located.

Clapper: The part of a Ringer that strikes the Gong to signal incoming calls.

Common Battery: Refers to a telephone instrument that is powered from the Central Office or from a PBX or Switchboard.

Crank: The part located on the right-hand side of a Magneto telephone that you turn to produce energy to ring other phones or to signal the Operator.

Desk Stand: Usually refers to a "candlestick" telephone, but is also applicable to any desk telephone set.

Dial, Rotary: This is the signaling part of your old telephone. It converts mechanical motion into electrical pulses that correspond to the selection you have made with the Finger Wheel.

Faceplate: This is the round part of the phone that the Mouthpiece screws into. The Transmitter itself is located behind the Faceplate.

Finger Wheel: This is the part of a Dial that you select the proper numeral with. It can be made of plastic or metal. In the center is usually mounted a Number Card.

Generator: See Magneto.

Gong: The part of a Ringer that is struck by the Clapper to signal incoming calls.

Handset: A combined Transmitter and Receiver, used most commonly on cradle telephones and universally on modern telephone sets.

Handset Cord: The cord that connects the Handset to the telephone instrument. It can be straight or coiled.

Line Cord: The cord that connects a Subset or telephone instrument to a wall jack.

Local Battery: Refers to a telephone that contains or is powered from dry cell batteries, such as a wooden wall phone once commonly used on farm telephone lines.

Magneto: Part of a Local Battery telephone. It is also called a Generator. It is used to convert mechanical motion via a Crank to produce sufficient energy to ring other phones or to signal the Central Office.

Mouthpiece: This is the part of a telephone into which you direct speech. It can be the cap on a Handset or a cone-shaped piece screwed into the Transmitter Faceplate.

Mounting Cord: The cord that connects a telephone instrument to a Subset.

Number Card: This is the paper that is stamped with the telephone's station number, and is usually mounted in the center of the Dial.

PBX: Short for Private Branch Exchange, a local automatic switch or Switchboard.

Receiver: This is the part you listen to. It converts undulating electric waves into sound.

Receiver Cap: The part that holds the Receiver Element into a Handset.

Receiver Cord: This is the cord that connects a separate Receiver (such as used on a Desk Stand) to the rest of the telephone instrument.

Receiver Element: Same as a Receiver except it can be removed as a unit.

Ringer: A signal using one or two Gongs to signify incoming calls.

Subset: A box containing the parts known as a Network and usually a Ringer. The Network consists of proper apparatus to boost speech sounds for transmission to the telephone line, to separate undulating currents to the Receiver, and to signal incoming calls if so equipped.

Switchboard: An apparatus consisting of suitable jacks and cords, or special manual switches to connect outlying telephone instruments together.

Transmitter: This is the part you speak into. It converts sound into varying electric current and is associated with the Primary circuit of your telephone.

Transmitter Cap: The part that holds the Transmitter Element into a Handset.

Transmitter Element: Same as a Transmitter except it can be removed as a unit.
 
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HOW TO DIAGNOSE TROUBLES

Here are some tips on trouble-shooting common problems associated with old telephones. I want you to try some simple trouble-shooting so you don't have to unnecessarily ship your phone for repairs that you might be able to do at home.

Telephone Won't Ring: If you have an older 3-conductor line cord, with green, red, and yellow conductors, the ringer may not be "bridged." Try connecting the yellow and green line cord wires together on the same binding post. This will connect the ringer into the circuit and it should operate. However, your old phone may have a "party line" ringer that is not tuned to the regular ringing frequency. In this case, the ringer must be replaced.

Other Party Can't Hear Me: Unscrew the transmitter cap from the handset (the part you talk into). The transmitter button will fall out. It is held in by the cap and is easily replaced. Look at the springs which contact the element. Are they bent down? A good test is to push the element down on the springs and see if there is mechanical resistance. If the connection between the springs and the transmitter isn't good, the other party will not be able to hear you well if at all. If you want to eliminate the element as a possible trouble, plug in the phone and short across the 2 springs with a screwdriver. If you hear static from the receiver, most likely the transmitter is open and must be replaced. If you don't hear static, most likely the handset cord has an open conductor.

Can't Hear Other Party: If the phone rings in, but you can't hear any conversation, you must eliminate the receiver as a possible trouble. This is best done by having another phone on the line. If you can talk into the "dead" phone and hear the words on the other phone, then you have to look for trouble with the receiver element. Unscrew the receiver cap and take out the element. Look at the springs that make contact with the element. Are they making good contact? If you put the receiver element back in and push down, you can feel mechanical resistance if the springs are OK. The only sure way to test a receiver element is with an Ohmmeter. Or, substitute a similar element. If the element is OK, the problem may be the handset cord or inside of the phone (with the dial).

Can Hear And Talk, Can't Dial Out (rotary dial phone): First, be certain that your telephone company has equipped your line for Rotary Dial use. If other dial phones work OK on your line, the dial is out of adjustment and must be sent in for repair and adjustment. Even though the dial may be pulsing, if the pulse duration is too long or too short, the Central Office equipment won't receive the pulses correctly.

Can Hear And Talk, Can't Dial Out (touch tone phone): Try reversing the red and green line cord wires at the jack. Older touch tone pads don't have "Polarity Guards" and won't operate if the line wires are reversed. If the phone still won't work, the pad must be sent in for repairs. We can also install a Polarity guard for very little cost.

Dials Wrong Numbers (touch tone phone): The internal switches may be corroded. Try punching each key about ten times. This will "wipe" the switch contacts and may restore operation of the pad. Otherwise, the pad must be sent in to be cleaned and re-tuned.
 
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I thought women knew *everything* about *everything*


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