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Twayne

wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:20:45 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

"Irene" wrote in message
Will the rotary phone wiring work for a modern push button phone or
is new wiring in order? Also, what kind of phone wiring
connector(s) is/are required or needed in order for me to install a
wall-mounted push button phone in the kitchen?

The wires are the same, but the plug, if any, may differ. There are
four wires. Connect the wires to the RJ-45 wall mount jack that is
available at any hardware, home store, etc., then attach the phone
to the mount.

When old rotary phones were in use, there were no jacks & plugs; they
wired directly into the boxes on the wall.

RJ-11, a 6 pin plug & jack, with 6 pins, only 2 or 4 of them used, is
correct for ALL analog telephones, rotary or DTMF. Either one, you
connect them red wire to red wire and yellow wire to yellow wire. An
RJ-45 is a 8 pin connector and NOT used with residential phone systems
on dialtone ckts; it's non standard.

Some telcos will still work with a rotary phone, but NOT ALL. Before
you spend money on a rotary phone that outputs rotary pulses, be certain
it'll work with your telco or you'll have wasted your money.
The better "rotary" phones you find today will have a converter in
them to count the pulses and convert them to DTMF digits for the telco.
No old, original rotary phone is going to do that, so your telco must
accept rotary pulses in order for them to work. Rotary signalling is a
thing of the past.

Please be careful of misinformation when you aren't sure what you're
talking about.

That old rotary phone is coming back in style. There is a demand as
people are restoring older homes and want the old phones in the
colors to match the 70's decor.

You should see the outrageous prices they charge for those old rotaty
phones on Ebay and other online auctions. Not that I'd want one....

That's because they're not really the old rotary phones but newer
electronic ones that only seem to be rotary.

Personally I like the old rotaries myself. I even had an old rotary pay
phone hooked up in the kitchen; great conversation piece.

HTH

Twayne