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30th Aug 2012, 2:47 pm | #1 |
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746 Interesting Colour
I have bought at a car boot a 746 telephone. I think it is a hybrid, as it is marked 8746, but has a 500ohm ringer installed on a plastic base. Also it is two tone grey colour (not grey/brown colour) which I have never seen before. As it came it was wired with a 6 way line cord which looked liked it was wired as an intermediate extension (the middle one of 3 or more extensions). Does anyone know if the light/dark grey colour scheme was common or have I come across something unusual?
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30th Aug 2012, 3:02 pm | #2 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
No, the two-tone grey version was a standard issue. It was more common in offices and suchlike though, the colours not being too popular among domestic subscribers.
Scroll down this page to see the various colours. I can't explain the 500ohm thingy; the 8746 should total 4000ohms. |
30th Aug 2012, 3:08 pm | #3 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
I think we might be talking at cross purposes. The "two tone grey" that Darren's link mentions seems to be the "grey/brown" that John talks of, which he says his isn't.
Could we have a pic, please? N. |
30th Aug 2012, 3:28 pm | #4 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
I believe that (the lighter tone of) the standard "grey" was known as elephant grey, as distinct from the slate grey used in wiring colours and which later telephones such as the one pictured below more resembled:
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30th Aug 2012, 3:51 pm | #5 | |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
Quote:
http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/images/large/711_grey.jpg As far as handset colour is concerned. The dial ring is plain though. |
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30th Aug 2012, 3:59 pm | #6 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
That image looks like the standard elephant grey to me.
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30th Aug 2012, 6:24 pm | #7 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
Photos can be very misleading, especially in artificial or dim light.
And these phones change colour quite dramatically over the years, particularly if they've been exposed to strong sunlight. Nick. |
30th Aug 2012, 8:28 pm | #8 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
This is the two tone grey I am talking about -
http://81.98.174.18/cgi-bin/picindex...E=p1010002.jpg And this is the brown and grey one that I thought was common in offices etc http://81.98.174.18/cgi-bin/picindex...E=dcp03622.jpg Have I discovered something new/strange? |
30th Aug 2012, 9:25 pm | #9 |
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They look the same to me! Maybe I'm colour blind to some extent. Or maybe if they were side-by-side, I could tell the difference.
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30th Aug 2012, 9:38 pm | #10 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
Nick,
like you I thought they were the same until I loaded the two links in separate windows so I could quickly switch between them. There is quite a difference. Al
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31st Aug 2012, 12:14 am | #11 |
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31st Aug 2012, 8:50 am | #12 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
Thanks Darren.
They still look the "same" to me, allowing for ageing, fading and so on. Nick. |
1st Sep 2012, 10:23 am | #13 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
They're the same just taken by a different camera I guess, in different lighting conditions.
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1st Sep 2012, 12:40 pm | #14 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
Look same to me too. Online photos can't be trusted for colour balance one bit.
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2nd Sep 2012, 9:36 am | #15 |
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Re: 746 Interesting Colour
I guess the only settler for this would be to take a picture showing both versions together at the same time. They do look different with the one in question undoubtedly "greyer" to my eyes, but it could just be a faded version of the original. Is the colour inside the case the same as outside? The back of the dial trim ring the same as its front?
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