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[/url] I even have two of the Silver Jubilee editions with the special dial centre. I suppose these might become collectors items one day. That's one of the reasons I haven't converted them to PST. Sometimes these collector's pieces are preferred in their original state.

I sold nearly all of my 706 & 746 & Trimphones on ebay after converting & cleaning them up. Its amazing how shiny & new looking you can get them to look. I still have some Compact Jubilee phones left to convert though. You definitely don't see many of those about. Tele 776 weren't they?

Someone called 'Workington' replied :o I'm from Workington :) Anyway, in answer to the question... Its only 'legal' to wire into the front plate of a Linebox (NTE5). They are the large sockets that sort of split in two when you take the two tiny screws out of the front. You would...

I put my meter accross the Bell + & Strobe - terminals in the control panel & I get a constant 12V So this concurs with what you said Baz.

Yeah, I only recovered a 746 last week & con pst. First one I've had in quite a while mind you. I wish I'd saved the hundreds that I threw away over the years. I kept a few as they became more rare & converted them to work on the 'plug & socket' system. Who'd have thought back then that...

Sounds like its a main socket, something like a Line jack 2/1A or similar. You could just use that socket. To 'convert' it to an extension socket just snip out all components, ie Capacitor, resistor & diode. Then of course wire up terminals 2, 5 & 3 each end.

I've never recovered a Bell 80D (underdome) before. I've adjusted a few & changed a few in the past due to rust etc, but I don't think its worth sending an engineer out to remove a bell. I'm surprised they didn't remove the rental charge from your bill ages ago. If anyone does come to remove...

Thanks very much for your help Baz. I don't know why, but I had another go (lol) I took the Bell Box off the external wall, then wired it direct to the panel in the loft with a new piece of cable. It just did the same thing, which I knew it would. :roll: So I've just emailed 'Security...

Well, I've had another go. I've tested the all the wires in the cable feeding the bell Box. No disconnections, shorts or earths. Connected them all back up again checking & double checking that they are correct according to the diagram. Still the strobe flashes. So then I did the 'Factory...

Oh you did Paul, believe me. I've just never been brave enough :lol:

Yes. I'm afraid so :-( Moral & motivation are now at rock bottom in the company. This is my 30th year with them & like most other engineers I'm totally ****ed off with it all. Our hours are changing for the worse too, along with more compulsory Saturdays for no extra pay of course. Funny...

Thanks again for your reply cjrboat. The green day light is iluminated in the keypad. I'll try the factory rest thing. I hope I don't have to send it back. What a pain that will be :-(

Yeah, you could just twist the bared condutors together at the socket & look for a short circuit from the other end. It just takes longer I suppose.

Well if I turned up to install your Featureline & you offered me a cuppa, I'd be quite happy to sort it for you. It should only take a few minutes. Good luck :-) Just don't mention the new Trackers in our vans, it may put the engineer in a bad mood (lol)

Check the little spring contacts on the inside of the front plate. Sometimes one or more of them get bent & don't make contact. Or sometimes they become H/R with verdigree.