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Come to think of it, I don't believe I've ever tried ringing a Western Electric bell on 50 or 60Hz.

The ringers commonly found in the old GPO 700-series phones in Britain (nearest design equivalent to the WE 500) don't work so efficiently on 50Hz, but they will certainly start and continue ringing.

Here's an interesting picture.



Here's Brents site.
http://www.apc.net/bturner/hv-page.htm

Sparky posted this page a couple of years ago.

Roger



[This message has been edited by Roger (edited 11-13-2004).]