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by xtiansimon 57 days ago
> “I figured out it needs AC, but how do you produce AC with only a battery?”

Really? I too toyed with two old phones in my yu’t (I had two push-button phones, took out the keypad and put in a single push-button) and I powered it with a 6V DC lantern battery.

Now, I trust your research to how a phone system really works, but I don't recall a trouble driving the ringer coil with that DC 6V power. I recall being surprised and delighted the phone was designed to work with only the RJ-11.