The dip switches are for setting the rate for a “local” call (into the local town or maybe a few surrounding towns. For local calls, the central office would electronically interrogate the phone to ask essentially “is there enough money deposited to make a local call” - and the phone would use those switches to decide what the local rate would be (originally a dime, eventually as high as 35 to 50 cents), and if the phone was satisfied, it would tell the central office and the call would go through. It was a series of voltage changes and “ground tests” between the central office and the phone Be careful! Coin control voltage (collect and return) was 130 volts! Feel free to message me for more info, great videos!
@henrys3629
2 жыл бұрын
My dad worked for a communications company which revolved around phones. 10-15 years ago I bought a pay phone for $75+ship. Was already wired for home use.
@Rabthebest
2 жыл бұрын
LMFAOOO as a kid growing up in the 90s for some strange reason I wanted a pay phone for my bedroom 😂😂😂 I used to be so obsessed with them they are so freaking cool.
@chargermopar
2 жыл бұрын
I have had several and one in my front yard since 2008.
@MarkMphonoman
2 жыл бұрын
Looks to be in pretty good shape. I have one hooked up in my garage. Willing to pay for a land line just so I can hear it ring.
@nextellcup8
3 жыл бұрын
yes drive ins were hear in Canada. i think there maybe a few around but im not sure. also, all of the 7-11s around me still have pay phones. why i didn’t know. what id love to have is an old parking meter. but that phone is awesome.
@Rebel9668
5 жыл бұрын
Cool, but I'd rather have one with a rotary dial with the change slots on top of the machine like the one my old high school had.
@3oldtechdudes
5 жыл бұрын
3 slot payphones are really cool as well and definitely on our lists of things to purchase... or at least on Justins list. 🙂
@mrmcguru163
2 жыл бұрын
I got a payphone yesterday!
@3oldtechdudes
2 жыл бұрын
Sweet!
@mrmcguru163
2 жыл бұрын
@@3oldtechdudes yep, it was inside most of the time
@Dr1vePr0
2 жыл бұрын
where? How Much?
@zerubbabelsbridge
2 жыл бұрын
Where do you get payphones?
@mrmcguru163
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dr1vePr0 Facebook market place and for 130$
@gman83090
2 ай бұрын
We still have pay phones in Australia they're provided under a law called the universal service obligation so Telstra our phone company has to provide them to everyone the uso so we still have pay phones in Australia and now Telstra have made it so we don't have to pay for local or national calls and we can also call to pay phones because every Telstra payphone in Australia now has their own phone number
@MarkMphonoman
2 жыл бұрын
Did you ever buy a phone enclosure?
@scottjackson5422
2 жыл бұрын
Where can I get my own payphone. Great piece for my home.
@Postmortumaz
2 жыл бұрын
Check gas stations. I found one in Phoenix and the owner gave me permission to take it. Free
@chargermopar
2 жыл бұрын
@@Postmortumaz I got some the same way. There are property owners who would love to see that rusty graffitti filled artifact gone!
@wecollectorboy1017
2 жыл бұрын
@@Postmortumaz isn’t the phone company the property of the Payphone? I mean bell is long gone but just asking.
@3oldtechdudes
2 жыл бұрын
It has been my experience that phones you see today were sold off in bulk to smaller companies years ago, and those companies have since went out of business and abandoned the phones where they are. Of course, you first want to check to see if the phone has dial tone or not, then maybe search the company on the info cards to see if it still exists. Or, search Facebook, both marketplace and payphone groups. You’ll often see them pop up for sale in both of those areas. Hope this helps you! -Justin, 3OTD
@hectorsanchez2099
2 жыл бұрын
Hi guys. Where can I get a key (not the T key) to open my phone, this is exactly the same yours (slot at the left, coin collect also at the bottom left) thank you for your help!
@wecollectorboy1017
2 жыл бұрын
Lemme guess your payphone is locked.
@3oldtechdudes
2 жыл бұрын
Well… unfortunately it isn’t easy. Depending on the exact kind of phone, and if the lock is original or not, you “might” be able to find keys on the internet, there are 1 or 2 guys that can get you one, but you’ll need to know that phones phone number when it was in service. Honestly, you may have to resort to more destructive methods if you want it open. The difficulty of this depends on your exact phone type. I’ve had good luck punching locks out with a hammer and screw driver before, but it’s a bit of work.
@wecollectorboy1017
2 жыл бұрын
@@3oldtechdudes correct, what I’ve done is use a borescope and feed that through the line cord areas to find the lock number. If it’s not the original lock your out of lock. You can try drilling the locks, but it seems time consuming and sometimes you still cannot open it. at a worse case serinco you might have to use a cutting tool such as a angle grinder and cut a big whole around the lock and then use a Allen to remove the whole lock. But it devalues the phone, if you’re lucky they have sometimes just the front of the payphone for sale on eBay, I recently found one off eBay for $90. You can try to get maybe for $70. You could maybe try welding it back together or glueing it and spray painting it to hide the glue. Good luck picking it it’s nearly impossible.
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