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I plugged the ringer directly into the expansion slot, using a known working port, but no luck. As for the setup, this is how they have it, mind you, this was setup by the phone company years ago, and this is not my doing. At one location there is some old , old 66 blocks, with it looks like maybe 2 or 3 working line on it, and this is where the one bell is located at. Tone Tracing the line up to where the Expansion slots are and newer 66 and power are located. this line goes to one of the 66 and then from it's plugged into the partner. So make it easier. Partner to 66, 66 to another 66, to a surface mount, to the bell.

According to the owner, no one has messed with the partner, and actually no one knows how to, and for the last couple of years they have had no problem with them. Now I will tell you that each bell has it's own port (extension), so why would all of them go down (three of them), in 3 different and seperate buildings?

WOOF, 3 of those Telabells have an R.E. of 4.8! (3 X 1.6=4.8) That is a LOT for a Partner 206 port! Heck, that's a lot for a C.O. line. Isn't C.O. max quoted @ 5.0? Surely there is a relay and ringer supply in there someplace! dj you are missing something here! Look around the system for a Elgin/Wheelock or some other brand of 20-30 htz power supply rated at 90-120 Volts. And some sort of relay.
OR, are each of these bells on a seperate extension? If so, are the on the same 206 card, which may have lost it's ringing supply, partially or completely.

I'm afraid I've made this to complicated? John C. (Not Garand)

And now I see more info! Like blklabs said, check each port for ability to ring loud bell when calling on intercom. If no ring, are all ports on the same card, if so, probably ring supply in the card.

plug the bell directly into the port and dial the intercom number. If that rings, then your bell and your ringing voltage should be good. At that point I would double check the line ringing programming.
If it doesn't ring but does when connected to the fax line, then you may have to move the bell to another port or replace the 206

Replacing is exactly what I was thinking. What is the normal life span of a 206. According to the owner they have had it for about 15 years. Also each of the bells are on different cards. The are three cards, one for each building, plus a paging card.

dj, suspect that the problem is due to a power loss. 15 years old and probably the original processor. Battery is probably dead. Did they have to reset time recently, or is it way off? The 'paging card' is also the processor, as in the heartbeat of the phone system. Dead memory battery + loss of AC power results in default program. NOT a good thing! John C. (Not Garand)

Did you look around for a contact interface for this bell?
All of the ones I have ever saw hooked to a Partner has one.

If that is truly the bell being used, they actually have a small MOTOR inside of them that drives the clapper. They have never been very good on the Partner system, and they definatly do not work on 308 modules, as their ringing voltage is less than 206 modules.

Please take a bell to the control unit and plug it directly into a station port, then dial that extension from another phone; see if it rings. It not, plug it into a dial tone and dial that telephone number, see if that is enough power to ring it.

Yep, when that bell is used on a Partner it requires a interface.