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Be a heck of a lot easier to replace the cord, no?

Aw, come one, Arthur, some of us enjoy the aroma of hot solder!

Thanks SilverSam, but I think I might take Arthur's advice. Despite enjoying the smell of hot solder, I'm not too happy about all that lead going up my nose.

It's not lead, it's fumes from the flux. More than ten years of breathing it back in the 60's and 70's has only made me a better person.

-Hal

....and less hair growing in his nose...... :rofl:

LOL KLD

But, hbiss, don't the fumes contain lead? I thought that's what the whole fuss over soldering was these days, and why they are coming out with lead-free solder.

In any event, I ordered a Cat 3 male/loose amphenol connector cable, but come to think of it, I really don't know how much less trouble it will be as Arthur seems to think.

After all, there are a hell of a lot of ends to screw in on the phone end, but then again, my soldering skills leave something to be desired, so even if I do solder my amp connector back on, there's no guarantee it will work properly.

cat 6 if you ever need parts for those old phones PM me for my supplier, they rebuild mostly norstar but can get certain old parts. im over on the south shore

Will do SE. Merci bien!

Now that I've thoroughly inspected the interior wiring of my Northern 564, I'm a little disappointed in the craftsmanship All the lamp grounds run back to the lamp ground for line one, that's why there are shorts on the amp connector leading from pin 3/28 tip to the rest of the lamp grounds.

That's a little cheap in my opinion. So it's a good thing that I ordered the cable, because now I can give each lamp the grounding they deserve!

But, hbiss, don't the fumes contain lead? I thought that's what the whole fuss over soldering was these days, and why they are coming out with lead-free solder.

You don't heat it enough to vaporize it. The fuss is to keep lead out of landfills and the environment when electronic devices are discarded. The "fuss" is not because of this country by the way, ROHS is a European program but because we manufacture for the world market we have to comply with it.

I never thought the U.S. had initiated the "fuss", and I don't think I implied it. Even if it were an American policy, more power to you. I think it's a good policy. Excessive lead levels makes people a little bonkers, or just kills them! Fall of the Roman Empire and all that. Sorry for any misunderstanding.