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My latest Painless Extraction.

Started by Dan/Panther, September 22, 2008, 04:33:49 AM

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Dan/Panther

This is the Tube, 426A, located in the WE500 series phone.
This little item has potential, if it does what I think it does.
I removed the black paint cover.



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http://www.paul-f.com/we500typ.htm

Search for 426A there are  several references here:

You still need to check the internal components as many phones were refurbed and had internal components changed or removed.  For example, many phones marked 501D were converted from party line to single line (500D) by removing the 426A tube as party lines lost favor.  If done in a Bell System refurb facility, the code on the bottom was usually repainted or remarked.  Many independent shops or field mods were not remarked with the accurate model number


BASIC PARTY LINE SETS - 426A (or 425A 4-element) tube for 4-party selective ringing
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Dan/Panther

As installed, in my WE500, 1956, I had no dial trone, only dial out, and voice, no ear sound. Removed the phone functions perfectly ???

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The More People I meet, The More I Love, and MISS My Dog.  Dan Robinson