Western Electric SP 295 T (was WE dial card question)

[Sargeguy]

Found this dial card assembly in an old box of junk.  Should I put it on the 2AA or a 2AE dial?

[poplar1]

Up to you, but it would originally have been on a non-dial rural phone--line #14, 5 rings.
Even on dial phones with 2AE dials, the letters were only for calling non-dial party lines.

[Sargeguy]

I 'll see if it's perforated and use it on a candlestick with a dial card holder. 

And this subset:http://www.ebay.com/itm/301036252682

[unbeldi]

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[poplar1]

And this subset:http://www.ebay.com/itm/301036252682

Isn't that a local battery subset?  Maybe 1295(whatever suffix)

6AG? ringer 1000 ohms
21D condenser
and what coil ?  13?

interesting it has a tube.

Local battery would have a generator.
It's a 295A that has been modified for polarized ringing--4 party selective or 8 party semi-selective. Recoded 295AT because of the tube.

[unbeldi]

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[poplar1]

And this subset:http://www.ebay.com/itm/301036252682

Isn't that a local battery subset?  Maybe 1295(whatever suffix)

6AG? ringer 1000 ohms
21D condenser
and what coil ?  13?

interesting it has a tube.

Local battery would have a generator.
It's a 295A that has been modified for polarized ringing--4 party selective or 8 party semi-selective. Recoded 295AT because of the tube.

Well, not necessarily, a 1295AA (I just looked it up) is a local battery central battery signaling set.
But I think you are right about it being reworked as a 295AT.

This diagram shows a 295S or T subset. It does not have a generator but does have terminals for connecting a battery. I thought it was  used for Local Battery Talk, Common Battery Signaling, but have not been able to confirm that.

[unbeldi]

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[Sargeguy]

I figured I would post a modified picture of the guts here for the sake of documenting this old piece of junk treasured relic of our telecommunications past:  

[Sargeguy]

Looks like they used "New Style Markings" among other things.

Dissecting the wiring:

3 wire line connects to L1, L2 and G
2 wire line connects L1 and G to local batteries?

Ringer 500/500 Wires:
Red>L2
Black>B

Tube:
Beige (Red???) > L1  
Beige (Yellow???) > L2
Black >B

No. 20 Induction Coil
1>L1
2>R
3>Condenser (lower)
4>GN

21-D Condenser
upper wire >L2
lower wire >3 and C

[unbeldi]

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[Sargeguy]

I am not certain of anything-there is a 3-wire line attached to L1, L2, and G, and a 2-wire line connected to L1 and L2.  I was just going by the diagram which it seems to match.

[poplar1]

Tube is used for 4-party selective party lines. I haven't seen any reference to tubes used with magneto stations. Magneto statons used polarized ringers wihtout capacitors, tubes or relays.

[unbeldi]

Well, tubes also didn't exist when this subset was originally manufactured. So it is really hard to tell now what was connected when inside the unit.

[poplar1]

If primary of induction coil (1 and 2) is connected to L1 and L2, this shorts out the line.