Telephone troubles : Their location and remedy by Edward Mahon Wev
"Telephone troubles : Their location and remedy by Edward Mahon Wev" is a practical technical manual written in the early 20th century. Aimed at telephone installers and repairmen, it focuses on locating and fixing faults in subscriber sets and switchboards, explaining the behavior of ringers, transmitters, receivers, induction coils, condensers, hooks, cords, grounds, and wiring. The book proceeds from single direct-line sets to two-party and four-party instruments, then to private-branch-exchange switchboards, showing
how to diagnose symptoms like silent or weak bells, steady bridges, dead receivers, poor transmission, and cross-talk. It teaches systematic tests with a head receiver and test lamp, short-circuiting condensers, isolating cords and coil windings, checking polarity and reversals, assessing grounds and earth currents, and adjusting ringers and relays. The switchboard section covers stuck or non-operating drops, battery-feed and trunk poling, cord-circuit opens and shorts, relay and holding-coil checks, and causes of inadvertent ringing. It closes with clear inspection routines for subscriber stations and new installations, emphasizing neat wiring, solid connections, correct protection, and reliable operation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wev, Edward Mahon, 1870-1910 |
|---|---|
| Title | Telephone troubles : Their location and remedy |
| Original Publication | New York, NY: McGraw Publishing Company, 1907. |
| Credits | The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering |
| Subject | Telephone -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76407 |
| Release Date | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 200 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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