TELEPHONE No. 146

Pedestal Telephone

Candlestick table telephone used with Repeater Telephonic No. 9A on C.B. systems.

As main difference between this set and a normal candlestick telephone is that the Switch Hooks have an additional set of contacts that make contact when off hook. This contact set switches on the amplifier.

Early table telephones were connected to the internal wiring with a Strip, Flexible Cord Connection. Click here for more information.

Introduced in 1927.

Used with Bellset No. 1.

Telephone includes (1928):-
2 x Cords, Instrument No. 116.
1 x Cord, Instrument No. 222.
1 x Cord, Instrument No. 702.
1 x Hook, Receiver F.
1 x Transmitter No. 1.
1 x Receiver, Bell No. 1A.

Circuit Diagram - N246 (Dated 1927).

Circuit diagrams - CB 1260, N1810 and N1812.

This telephone in the picture is fitted with a roller style directory attachment which was not approved by the GPO.

Click here for pictures of a Candlestick before refurbishment

Click here for Candlestick construction and how to dismantle the phone

Candlestick construction

Candlestick Manufacturing (Messrs Keitmann)

How to convert to Plug and Socket

Collectors Information - what to look for

Telephone mouthpiece sanitisers

Termination markings