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Telephone Guy · 10th Aug 2022, 4:06 pm

Hi folks,
Sorry to drive you all mad, but this is one of those very simple questions if you know the answer!
I'm trying to help someone else to do a 746 conversion from the old spade connectors ( at least, I think it's a 746 - haven't actually set eyes on it yet ). I'm pretty sure you can easily buy leads with spade connectors for the phone on one end and an RJ11 plug on the other ( am I right? - is it an RJ11 I'm thinking of? ), but for the life of me I can't seem to find one. I don't know if I'm just searching under the wrong thing ... but anyone know where you can get hold of a good quality, fairly inexpensive lead of this kind?
Also, am I right in saying that assuming the phone is otherwise in good working order, and assuming you wire the new lead up correctly, and assuming the line itself is in good working order and works with pulse-dialling, that's all that should be needed to convert the phone?

10th Aug 2022, 4:06 pm	#1
Telephone Guy Tetrode Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Canterbury, Kent, UK. Posts: 71	Converting a Telephone 746 for use on a plug and socket system. Hi folks, Sorry to drive you all mad, but this is one of those very simple questions if you know the answer! I'm trying to help someone else to do a 746 conversion from the old spade connectors ( at least, I think it's a 746 - haven't actually set eyes on it yet ). I'm pretty sure you can easily buy leads with spade connectors for the phone on one end and an RJ11 plug on the other ( am I right? - is it an RJ11 I'm thinking of? ), but for the life of me I can't seem to find one. I don't know if I'm just searching under the wrong thing ... but anyone know where you can get hold of a good quality, fairly inexpensive lead of this kind? Also, am I right in saying that assuming the phone is otherwise in good working order, and assuming you wire the new lead up correctly, and assuming the line itself is in good working order and works with pulse-dialling, that's all that should be needed to convert the phone?