PHONE TECH TIPS

THIS PAGE IS TO HELP THOSE WHO ALSO WANT TO COLLECT AND RESTORE

MA BELLS TOUCH TONE PHONES

The first bit of advice I can give any one collecting these phones is to get the Bell System Practices (BSP`s) for these phones. The most useful is the "station services" vol 1&2. Look for them on Ebay. These are the Bibles of the phone company and invaluable in restorations.

One of the most asked questions asked has been "My Touch O Matic does not work, can you help" Two of the most common problems are -failing to have the power transformer to power the phone and charge the battery. The next is a dead Nicad rechargeable battery. To get a transformer you will have to search Ebay, MaBell does not support this stuff any more. The fix the dead battery problem you will have to remove the dead pack and rebuild it. These are also not available from Bell. If you are not good at rebuilding Nicad pacs you can go to a battery store such as Batteries Plus and they can do it. I was able to find some Cordless phone batteries that fit the bill on some of the TOM 32`s, soldering was required.