TELEPHONE SPECIAL RANGE No. 1005B


Known as the Candlestick, this telephone was imported from America by STC and had no internal bell.  Introduced in 1979 it was available in dial form only.  The body is made of plastic, with brass finish on some parts.  This phone has no ringer so a bellset was provided.

Colours: White, Black and Red.

Country of Origin - USA.

Introduced in 1981.

Sales Brochure - PH2524

When wired with a grey PST plug ended cord, the telephone is also fitted with a high impedance ringer and called the TSR No. 8005B.


TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTION
B MARKETING COMMERCIAL
4 Facilities and Apparatus
B03l2
Issue 1, Jan 1980

SPECIAL RANGE TELEPHONES (SRT)
Candlestick By STC

This instruction deals with the physical description, field of use, title and identification of the Telephone No. SR1005B.

DESCRIPTION
This telephone is a reproduction of a style in use some years ago. The main components are housed in the round base, with the microphone at the top of the stern and the receiver in the separate earpiece. The outer casing is plastic and the dial is the standard type.

The telephone cannot be used on shared exchange lines, and it does not have an internal calling device: one separate bell may be provided free of charge if required. Colours available are Red, White and Black. Each telephone is supplied fitted with a five way line cord, three metres long when fully extended, terminated with a Plug No. 505. Alternative cords cannot be provided. This telephone has a standard telephone number label.

DIMENSIONS
Height 325 mm, Width 180 mm, Depth l45 mm and Weight 940 gm.

FIELD OF USE
TYPE B Exclusive exchange lines; PBX extensions without recall facility main stations and extensions of Plans 1A and 14 including Plan 4 off 1A. (Note: Not available for Shared Service.)

IDENTIFICATION AND TITLE
The marketing title is Candlestick By STC and will be used in all advertising and publicity material for the telephone and in contacts with the general public. The PO engineering title is Telephone SR No. 1005B. Post Office ownership can be confirmed against the appearance of this number, the year of manufacture, and the words 'Post Office Property' which are marked on the base.

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Wiring for a TSR No. 1005 when wired for PST (new style cord):-

T1 = Black wire from Transmitter and Pink wire from dial.
T2 = Red wire from Transmitter and Brown wire from dial.
T3 = White of Line cord and Yellow wire from switchooks.
T4 = Black wire from Switchooks.
T5 = Nothing connected.
T6 = Blue wire from Line cord and Green wire from Switchooks.
T7 = White wire from Earpiece, Brown wire from Switchooks and Grey wire from dial..
T8 = White wire from Earpiece and Blue wire from dial.
T9 = Red wire from Line cord and Orange wire from dial.
T10 = Green wire form Line cord

More information on Telephones Special Range

How to wire your Telephone SR No. 1005 to make it work on Plug and Socket

Special Range Telephone Suffix's
A = NO RECALL, CALLING DEVICE
B = NO RECALL, NO CALLING DEVICE
C = RECALL, CALLING DEVICE
D = RECALL, NO CALLING DEVICE
G = MF DIALLING


 

 

 
 
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