This old 500 T certainly went high! I was expecting a 20-40 dollar final bid, but it ended at $132. It's dated 10/51, which is nice and old, and it still has the straight handset cord, but gee that's a lot to me. Or maybe these older models with unusual features are gaining more value. The T model is like the later J/K's, a 425A network with no equalizer and it was intended for rural long loops.
http://tinyurl.com/2ws2fbe (http://tinyurl.com/2ws2fbe)
I just don't get it. Good deal for the seller
Quote from: Dan on May 20, 2010, 11:23:00 PM
I just don't get it. Good deal for the seller
It all depends on your desire and pocketbook. The buyer was probably happy he won.
JMO,
Jim
A little over a year ago I paid about $13 for my 12/51 model J/K 500. It did not have the straight cord at the time, nor a G1 handset but instead a G3, but the lower parts were all original dated and in great shape.
It's just like the one I finished last week.
I just noticed it's a 500 T, not a 501 T. The 501 T has the tube, the 500 doesn't is that correct ?
D/P
Quote from: Dan/Panther on May 21, 2010, 12:18:46 AM
It's just like the one I finished last week.
I just noticed it's a 500 T, not a 501 T. The 501 T has the tube, the 500 doesn't is that correct ?
D/P
Correct.
http://www.paul-f.com/we500typ.htm#Single_Line
This is a minor detail, but I have noticed in the 500 T's that have been pictured with the cover off, all of those that I have seen are equipped with the 4 wire ringer coil(C4A). The 501T's seem to all have the C3A ringer(two lead ringer).
jester;
Yes mine has the C3A ringer two wire.
D/P
Quote from: Jester on May 22, 2010, 06:12:09 PM
This is a minor detail, but I have noticed in the 500 T's that have been pictured with the cover off, all of those that I have seen are equipped with the 4 wire ringer coil(C4A). The 501T's seem to all have the C3A ringer(two lead ringer).
My 500T has a C2A 2-lead ringer
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee204/ben10ben/IMG_0761ed.jpg)
That's curious. My 500 J/K from 12/51 has a 4 lead C2A ringer. Sadly it no longer rings. I haven't troubleshooted it out yet to see where the problem is.
A correction to my above statement--the four lead ringer should be a C2A. Ben, I'd double check that coil--it looks like it has 4 leads to me.
Quote from: benhutcherson on May 23, 2010, 07:20:23 PM
My 500T has a C2A 2-lead ringer
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee204/ben10ben/IMG_0761ed.jpg)
Ben:
I'm with Jester on this one. I'll bet if you look carefully underneath the coil, you will find a black and a slate/red wire there too.
My C2A has 4 wires, and I thought only the C3A had two. I can see in your photo that there appears to be a black ringer wire hooked to the G terminal.
The C3A ringer only has a red and a black. The wires visible from the top of the coil in your photo are red and slate.