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Temporary setup to accommodate additional Call Director from existing Western Electric 551C KSU:



This is where CPC adapter worked well to avoid additional wiring.

beautiful!

Nicely done!

Sam

Is that a Cisco phone

Si, Poncho.

This is Cisco with two expansion modules. It has nothing to do with this system. It is my corporate phone I use for work.

Today was the first effort to produce a paper insert for the Call Director faceplate with “old style” buttons:

I have chosen the only brown carton I had which appears to be too thick and too dark.

Anyway here the shape was more important than color. I think I will replace it with either golden or white insert. Does anyone know what was normally supplied as a faceplate inserts colors for beige Call Directors?


Some side projects in progress:

Option 2:



And Option 3:



After visiting the nearest supermarket.

Your opinion - which is better?
P.S. Beige housing is still in the queue for re-polishing.

I believe the three colors available were Silver, Gold and Coordinated color of the unit.

Great site for searching: https://www.telephonecollectors.info/

Thanks Professor Shadow. I use that source for downloading BSP’s. But this time I found a section with Western Electric “cards” covering much wider set of items. Finally was able to know what a 108 varistor is and what are characteristics.

Not surprisingly - the third mat (after silver and gold) supplied with light beige Call Directors is muted beige! Not helping much in identifying the replacement color from currently available, so I will park with either silver or cream white (was supplied with consoles identical to Call Director layout.