Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: John_Richard_Bruni@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How do You Hook up a Phone For a Play? Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 05:28:16 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 129, Message 6 of 12 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu Pat, This may be hazardous to one`s health, but I have on several occassions seen phones hooked up to AC to ring the bell for plays ... you get a momentary-on switch and someone in the stage crew pushes the button to simulate the ring. One stage manager told me the extra voltage and frequency was handy because the phone rang *MUCH* louder than normal, which was ideal for theater use. I am sure that the phones in question were 1970`s vintage or earlier. This is all I know about the subject. I`ll leave the technical discussion of the pros and cons to those more in the know. Regards, Rocky [Moderator's Note: What you are suggesting is a *highly dangerous* practice which could -- would !!! -- damage the phone beyond future use to say nothing of hurting the hapless person who picked it up at the wrong time. Don't do it! PAT]