The coin relay
controller circuit was developed by an ATCA member named Doug.
His
website has plans for this circuit. What the coin relay
control circuit does is reset the coin relay after you hang up the
phone. When a nickel is deposited in the phone, it falls through
the
coin chute and trips a
connection which keeps the dial shorted. However, the falling
coin un-shorts the dial and makes the dial operational. When the
phone is put back on hook, the coin relay control circuit activates and
the phone is once again inoperable until another coin is put in.
If the coin relay control circuit did not activate, the phone would
allow free calls until the coin relay activated. Also, the money
deposited would sit in the upper housing just below the coin chute and
never make it to the coin box. This would eventually jam the coin
chute if more nickels were put in.
The letter B is the isolated 110vAC coming in, which
feeds the bridge rectifier (labeled F) to produce the 110vDC, which is
tapped into at point A with the purple and gray wires. D shows
the two SIGMA 12vDC relays. C is the TelTone relay, purchased
through
www.mpja.com. E (and the arrow pointing to
the part below it) shows the electrolytic capacitors. Next to and
above K are the diode and the resistor. J is the imput for the
12v DC power. I is the telephone line going to the pay phone, H
is the telephone line coming in from the wall. I suggest buying
all electronics parts from
http://www.allelectronics.com/ except for the TelTone
relay, which only seems to be available through
www.mpja.com