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Old 29th Jul 2022, 11:22 am   #21
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Default Re: GPO 232 won't dial.

When it arrives in the next five years I will let you know what it's like.
Chances are it will not do the job but for less than a pint it was worth a gamble.
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Old 29th Jul 2022, 10:14 pm   #22
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Something us older Tele comms blokes ( especially those of us who served in Gods Poor Orphans) forget is that a telephone seems a maze of wires etc. But it's a logical maze. We learnt the mysteries at places like Muirhouse/ Chortlon cum hardy and Stone. But to someone new to the innards of a telephone, may I recommend a google for "SAM HALLAS" with reference to N diagrams. These diagrams gave an idiots guide to the wiring of Telephone instruments. The apprentice bible in the old days. First you have to identify the tele by GPO number. You say yours is a 232. To find the N diagram, add 100 to the model number ( how many ex GPO blokes remember this old saying?) ,then look in the N DIAGRAM list for N Diagram 332.
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Old 30th Jul 2022, 9:40 pm   #23
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Thanks will keep that in mind with my future excursions
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Old 4th Aug 2022, 8:29 pm   #24
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So the "bell" extension box arrived from China. You guessed it inside was a semiconductor buzzer (piezo?) not a bell.
No fitting that in a 232 but it has a line in and the a phone out so in the short term could work although it sounds hideous.
Ho Hum the quest for a bell or bellset shall commence.
Thanks again for the help guys
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Old 4th Aug 2022, 9:01 pm   #25
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Is this the sort of thing required? It was inside a 200 series telephone I once restored. Rings okay on AC and measures 3.3KΩ DC resistance, the gong can be moved around a bit to make best ringing sound but it won't wake the dead! PM if interested.
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Old 4th Aug 2022, 9:06 pm   #26
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That's certainly what I was trying to find for the OP.
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Old 4th Aug 2022, 9:35 pm   #27
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Thanks guys PM sent.
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