Is this a old land line connection?

[stonesg]

I was working on the back side of a cross connect box one hot summer day.... Had the inside panel loose and leaned against my chest while I was fishing some wire through from the front... I was a little sweaty and someone on the top row got a phone call.

YIKES!

 

[dwasifar]

A bit of trivia that hasn't been offered yet: Tip and Ring don't have anything to do with the ring of the bell. Rather, they refer to the old school 1/4" plugs operators used to plug into switchboards. Tip connected to the the tip of the plug, and Ring connected to the outer ring of the shaft.

 

[fasteddie]

A bit of trivia that hasn't been offered yet: Tip and Ring don't have anything to do with the ring of the bell. Rather, they refer to the old school 1/4" plugs operators used to plug into switchboards. Tip connected to the the tip of the plug, and Ring connected to the outer ring of the shaft.

The same 1/4" plugs we use on microphone and guitar cords today.

 

[dwasifar]

The same 1/4" plugs we use on microphone and guitar cords today.

Correct, which is why they're still called "phone plugs."

 

[thomasmessi]

Hi guys I see you have a lot of discussion here but I met some problem again I seems cut one set of 4 wires on the brick and I checked my adt it's losing Ac power, my question is can wires on brick providing low voltage power for like alarm system? I also cut some other wire which I thought was benign so now I am confused which one can be the reason my day losing ac power... Need help.

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[Miss the Pontiacs]

A bit of trivia that hasn't been offered yet: Tip and Ring don't have anything to do with the ring of the bell. Rather, they refer to the old school 1/4" plugs operators used to plug into switchboards. Tip connected to the the tip of the plug, and Ring connected to the outer ring of the shaft.

Had to dig the old cordboard from under a few layers of the kids stuff that hasn’t been relocated to their own homes. Try not to notice the accumulation of dust, I don’t really try to collect that stuff but It does tend to gather.

Wish I had the old dial for it but that touch pad is probably late 60s or very early 70s.