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Whoops, my mistake, the back and bottom of the phone are out in my shop were it is cold and cluttered. (Well I did just get my socks wet in the rain when I went out to get the correct info.)
Anyway I was mixing the Elcotel with the Intellicall

The one I’m working on now is

ElCotel 1D2-LCTL2-003 Coin Tel – On the Case
Dated 07-98

Sorry for the miss direction
Coin Return on Left
Chassis Board on Right (Missing in this case)
Relay – Elcotel 1A – No Voltage Markings

Anything else on this device, I’m in the dark. Any info would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Uh, standard 103 volt?
At this point I realize I've asked allot. I used to be a Cisco certified Network engineer, Network Administrator, (Or flunkey with delusions of grander.) and played with phones on the side. (3 slot pay, etc.)
When you say standard 130-volt coil, would that be Western Electric? The Intellicall that I have has a 12v relay I believe.
This one is pretty beefy though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it is 130v. Maybe the label fell off, and I should put my tongue on it. (What better way to test it)
Maybe I’ll go back to considering the WE chassis 32C board. I’d still be able to call out and receive. (And it would look good to.)

"Real" telco-grade coin telephones (WE, AE, NT) use a 130 volt coil that is powered from the central office. They use this voltage (DC) so that the phone can differentiate it from the standard ringing voltage (90-105 VAC). Since it is DC, depending upon the polarity of the 130 volt signal sent, it is able to determine whether the coin deposit should be kept or returned.

COCOTS (Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephones), such as the Elcotel use low-voltage coils since all of the logic and commands are performed by the internal electronics.

Thank you again.
I always like to know what voltage, amps (or lack of), AC, DC etc. that I’m working with.

I remember as a kid regularly being shocked when the house phone would ring while I was running wires, or fixing something. I knew then it was around 115 volts. (Making sure a line was open or disconnected didn’t use be one of my strong points.)

Well what do you know I found the cyborg answer. I was reviewing one of the first downloads I had made during this project, and there it was.

Under Network Connections Coinless.

I was so close doing the hard way this seems like cheating. (This isn’t exactly the way I wanted to do it, but I’ve spent a lot of time on this.)

https://www.porticus.org/bell/pdf/70c_instructions.pdf
From the page
https://www.porticus.org/bell/telephones-payphones-modern.html

Time to hook it up, and hang on the wall. I’m just going to wire the coin chute open.
(My girlfriend just rolls her eyes. She doesn’t understand why I need a 3 slot and a single slot.) Now all I have to do is build a wing on the house for all my toys.

Thanks again for all the suggestions.
Happy Holidays