Talk:Model 500 telephone

message: This article has too many pictures, as I said before, Wikipedia is NOT a telephone collector's article library, it is an encyclopedia. [|Retro00064 | (talk/contribs) |] 03:14, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's one guideline: Wikipedia:Layout#Images. [|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 04:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the number of pictures here violates any reasonable idea of how many.  It's more a matter of what pix.  The first three or four are extremely similar; the article might be improved by omitting one, for example the second or third.  Jim.henderson (talk) 19:39, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Even better idea: Take any images that are unneccesary and remove them, then place some of the images into a gallery to reduce clutter on the article (that's what galleries are for), but please respect the image use policy when using galleries. [|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 03:47, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many pictures. 

message: Alright, I haven't even looked at this page for months, but my final opinion would be:
Merge all articles as Western Electric telephones
We have to consider the notability of these articles: if the article's subject is not major in notability to the public and therefore will have a smaller audiance (telephone collectors, telephone geeks, Bell System geeks, and the like), there is no need to have a lot of fragmented articles about objects that are related enough to be discussed in one article. Take Polaroid cameras for example. Although most of the camera models are very different, there is no single article talking about one camera model, instead they are discussed in two articles: List of Polaroid instant cameras (which only provides a list and doesn't really provide descriptions) and Land camera (provides descriptions on such types of Polaroid camera).
So there. The new article will contain what the original seperate articles contained, with some cleanup to remove redundant information. It will be easier to look at and read too.
--[|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 05:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: My final verdict

message: OK, it appears as though it has been already decided to merge the 1500/2500 pages into the 500 page (fine with me, at least it is a decision made). Therefore I am marking this disscusion closed. [|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 08:49, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Closing comment

message: The article states: "Because there was no switch to turn it off, preventing the phone from ringing required disconnecting the line wire or taking the phone off the hook."
This requires some amplification (no pun).  The disk on the bottom of the phone actually DID have a position which silenced the ringer.  But, when the phone was manufactured there was a strip of metal that prevented turning the disk to this position.  A telco installer (or a knowledgeable subscriber) could open the phone up and gently bend this strip out of the way.  The disk could then be turned to the additional position and the ringer could be turned on and off without the drastic action of disconnecting the phone or keeping the handset off-hook.
A.A. Friedrich 24.40.140.13 (talk) 04:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: One additional possibility, one employed at the Binksternet household, is to cut a hole in the plastic housing (in this case a 2500 model) and mount a 10A 125vac SPST miniature rocker switch wired between the ringer's electromagnet and the incoming line. Just as unlikely for a layperson to be able to do this. ;^) Binksternet (talk) 04:19, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Silencing the ringer 

message: http://www.phonetique.com/phonetique.com_model_500.htm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.212.105.216 (talk) 18:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Why don't you just buy the real thing? The replicas are cheap, use modern cheap circuit boards, and are made overseas (probably China). They're worthless from a quality standpoint (like every single other modern telephone), and pointless. Many landline telephone services in the U.S. are still compatible with rotary dial telephones, so just go get an original, vintage, quality American-made Western Electric 500 on eBay (they are very common, so you should be able to get a good one for a cheap price, just search on eBay for "western electric 500*" (without the quotes but with the asterisk)). And, of course, these things do pop-up at thrift stores, yard sales, flea markets, antique stores, etc. [|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 01:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copies 

message: How many amps were used by these phone during ringing? (at 75V (US) or 60V (Germany))
How many amps and what voltage was used while speaking?
Seemingly obvious questions to wonder about these devices which I haven't seen readily documented.  207.172.210.101 (talk) 07:25, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Technical Details