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Cow Towne
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| Re: Question about a Telephone of mine...I want to fix it.
said by benc  :I have a telephone, a Western Electric 500C/D. If I use it, I hear static and most other people complain about my sounding faint. Sounding faint could indicate an un-happy transmitter. What happens is the carbon pellets become stuck to each other in what ever position the transmitter has been in for the past few years. Easy fix unscrew the transmitter cap remove the transmitter and gently smack the edge of it on a wooden surface rotate it 180 degrees and repeat once. Your transmitter if it hasn't gotten wet will now work as if it was new. Also while you have the transmitter cap off give it a good cleaning to be sure the holes in are fully open. You would be surprised how much gunk can get in there and cannot get out.
Low volume and noise together could be a dirty hook switch a high open in the line cord, corroded/dirty line cord/handset mod connectors if the phone has them or dirty contacts in a rotary dial. Contact cleaner is your friend or 2/26 in a pinch.
Wayne
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