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TonyDuell · 13th Sep 2017, 8:04 pm

I think anti-tinkle was very much a British thing, I have yet to find any other country which did it. I must say I wonder why BT thought it was so important not to have bell tinkle...

I generally find it is best now to ignore the anti-tinkle wire and the master socket's capacitor (which may not be present on some ASDL filters as a lot of modern telephones don't need it) and just wire the telephone for a 2 wire line and connect it to the outside wires of the BT plug.

13th Sep 2017, 8:04 pm	#6
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,208	Re: Converting a Belgian candlestick telephone to UK. I think anti-tinkle was very much a British thing, I have yet to find any other country which did it. I must say I wonder why BT thought it was so important not to have bell tinkle... I generally find it is best now to ignore the anti-tinkle wire and the master socket's capacitor (which may not be present on some ASDL filters as a lot of modern telephones don't need it) and just wire the telephone for a 2 wire line and connect it to the outside wires of the BT plug.