The tip ring nomenclature was very early, and probably predates the
Western Electric Codes since I believe the original Tip Ring 1/4 inch
connector was used in telephone switchboards well before 1890, as early
as the 1870s maybe. Anyway the engineer's were pretty straight forward
in naming things back in those days. The place tip and ring
nomenclature was really confusing was inside telephone junction boxes.
Those should have been labeled strictly by color.
On 7/13/2019 12:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
This finally cleared up a really stupid bit of confusion on my part. I
knew that a couple of the wires on a phone were called "tip" and
"ring". I knew what "ring" must do, but didn't understand why they
called the other "tip", I figured it had something to do with taking
it off the hook.
I never once thought of the standard 1/4 photo plug.
and to tie into Dan's current series of photos:
d'Oh!
Dale H. Cook wrote on 7/13/19 9:26 AM:
On 7/13/2019 11:59 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
If they are simple tip ring ring interface speakers ...
In electronics service we refer to them as tip-ring-sleeve plugs.
That designation goes back probably to the Western Electric Code No.
109, 110, and 126 plugs in use by 1907.
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