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Started by DavePEI, July 01, 2014, 12:29:43 PM

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#30
Quote from: DavePEI on July 23, 2014, 01:11:31 PM
I have moved our extensive discussion of My Ten Line Magneto Cordless Switchboard received in one of these lots to the Switching area, magneto boards.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=12328.0

Dave
I finished the4 switchboard today, thankfully, and am moving on to other projects. Several more boxes are in transport, and it will be interesting to see what are in them. In the meantime, I have police and fire call boxes to work on, as well as the little anunciator I want to work on. No rest for the wicked!

Dave
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DavePEI

#31
Now that the switchboard is done, here is the Latest Project from the latest haul:

A Stanley & Patterson (Deveau) Annunciator, made Feb 8 1924. Yes, this is the same company who brought you the famed Deveau Candlesicks and Intercoms. Annunciators were used in many applications, one noted app was in a large home to have a servant call button in various rooms. If you pressed the button, it would ring a bell in the servant's quarters, and the employee could look up at the instrument to see from which room the call came from.

It was a simple electromagnetic device - an electromagnet would pull in a pawl, which would allow the corresponding drop to fall. A push button on the bottom would reset all drops to their normal state. A bell located in the annunciator rang whenever a drop fell.

I think you will all find this an interesting device.
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unbeldi

Yes, a communications device alright.... just not much telephony here.

DavePEI

#33
Next up will be one of three NCR Electrical Credit System Type 'F' Stamping phones I got in a recent shipment.You can have one for cost of shipping and a couple of dollars to cover handling.

These were set up to obtain credit charge authorization via intercom to a credit representative in the store. When authorization was received, it would stamp a ticket inserted from the right and stored in the drawer. Quite a few of these reside in collections.

One would communicate via a built in intercom and a 1001 handset. Each push button reached an approval officer for a particular range of surnames. The approval operator would sit aside a switchboard with the credit records in a case in front of them.

In the meantime, while I work on my two, you will find information on these on Paul F's page at:
http://www.paul-f.com/NCRcredit.html
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DavePEI

#34
Next Up!

Next up in the queue is a desk model (I think Siemens) looking European dial phone with a lock and key in the left hand corner. I will post a photo later in the day- I will be tied up at least for some of the day with a museum tour but hopefully will have some time to take a photo of it and have time to open it up and see what the key activates. It does not lock up the dial physically, but may do it electrically....

Has anyone seen one with a lock in the left hand corner? This one does have the keys. While I don't collect this type of telephone normally, it came with the last batch and intrigues me.

Dave
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DavePEI

#35
Eye Candy and More on the Way!

Today was an interesting day. I had a two hour visit from a lovely young lady named Megan Stewart, a Charlottetown gal who is currently studying art in Vancouver.

Later this summer, she is doing an art display in Charlottetown involving phones. I was able to give her a red dial 500 for her display, some insulators, as well as one of the PowerDSine ring generators to use in the display. This will go down in my books as one of the most enjoyable museum visits ever. She was referred to me by Bell-Aliant.

She was nice, and had a great time. It is such a pleasure to see a young lady with such an interest in phones.

Also, while Megan was here, I got the news another 10 boxes of phones have left Ontario and are winding their way down as we speak... Can't wait to see what I will find in them!

Wouldn't Megan have made a wonderful ad for 500 sets! Its so lovely, and it matches my dress!

Dave
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twocvbloke

Quote from: DavePEI on July 27, 2014, 05:31:17 AMNext up in the queue is a desk model (I think Siemens) looking European dial phone with a lock and key in the left hand corner.

Looks like an Aussie PMG 800 series phone, not sure which model considering that it has the lock in place but I have seen them about... :)

http://www.britishtelephones.com/aus/802.htm

DavePEI

#37
Quote from: twocvbloke on July 27, 2014, 04:21:18 PM
Quote from: DavePEI on July 27, 2014, 05:31:17 AMNext up in the queue is a desk model (I think Siemens) looking European dial phone with a lock and key in the left hand corner.

Looks like an Aussie PMG 800 series phone, not sure which model considering that it has the lock in place but I have seen them about... :)

http://www.britishtelephones.com/aus/802.htm
Thank you for the information. I tried yesterday to get it working with N.A. lines to no avail, but I did some reading over night which I hope will help. It will be this afternoon's task, amongst others... It is a nice looking little phone.

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Update: Monday afternoon:


I have the wiring for N.A. doped out. Take the red and white wires, short them together and they go to the red on the N..A. line cord. No need for the resistor used in British mods.  Take the black on the PMG and connect it to green on the N.A. line cord, Turn key to the right to dial. Turning it to the left shuts off the dial. Blue from the original cord is not used..

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I can't wait until the latest batch arrives from Ontario. As with the others, I have no idea what will be in the ten boxes, but I have never been disappointed yet! They should be here in a day or two.

And Now, an Update for this:

I just got a call from the Confederation Bridge. Wayne Cameron just passed over the bridge carrying ten boxes of phones for me and will be dropping them off this evening!


Dave
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DavePEI

#38
The next ten boxes arrived last night just about sundown...

I still haven't gone through it all, but there are some very interesting items in it. Pretty well all items need some work, bt most are complete. Just off the top of my head, two of the more interesting items (and that just happen to be communications items but not phone items) are a set of 6 electromagnetic earphones in a lab case with a 9 position hub. I have seen these used in the past in language labs, etc. The great thing about it, is the earphones are in pretty well mint shape and would/will be great for radio and telephone projects.

There is a very old Hallicrafters S41-G short wave receiver... I took the chance of carefully plugging it in (usually a no-no because of deformed and dried out capacitors and it didn't make any smoke signals  :) It did when it warmed up have an objectionable amount of hum, a sign of caps going bad. This is a very collectable receiver, and I may fix it up when I have time. I should have most of the needed replacement capacitors here from my Radio/TV days.

There are a number of switchboard cables (NIB), two NOS Stromberg Carlson inductor coils and quite a few telephone intercoms from various manufacturers. One is a very ornate copper design, with obvious European influences.

One item of interest to a lot of you is there is a Northeast Electronics Dial Analyzer in the lot. It is missing its outer case and looks as though it had been rack mounted, but it looks intact. I will have to look it over further. It measures make-break ratio and dial speed and a number of other functions.

I will take photos of some of the more interesting items later today and post them. If there are any items you have a particular interest in, let me know in case I decide I don't need them for display or in case I have duplicates...

Dave
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DavePEI

Photos:

There are several of many of the items - I have only taken one photo. I didn't photograph many items....

Dave
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DavePEI

#40
More Photos including AE 1970 Electronic Secretary.All items are farm fresh and have not been cleaned, polished ot otherwise refurbed.

Dave
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rdelius

That NEC test set is the one  I used to adjust dials while at COT.There should be a lid with the 48V power supply.That strange middle eastern set was bought by Mr Marsh on ebay  The guts were Ericssion .This set was the first thing bought on Ebay in the 1990s .Got taken we thought

DavePEI

#42
Quote from: rdelius on July 29, 2014, 06:49:22 PM
That NEC test set is the one  I used to adjust dials while at COT.There should be a lid with the 48V power supply.That strange middle eastern set was bought by Mr Marsh on ebay  The guts were Ericssion .This set was the first thing bought on Ebay in the 1990s .Got taken we thought
A perfect person to ask then about the NEC... It is externally powered off 48 VDC. Where does the power plug - into the lower right hand side 48 volt inputs? The top section was basically an accessory, for trunk testing, wasn't it? I do have a great little bench 48 volt switching supply I intend to try with it, plus lots of swiitch-board plugs to feed it... It will be interesting to see tomorrow how much I can get it to do.

Alas, I have no operating manual, so will be going blind  :)

Regarding the little "mid eastern set" - it is the first of these I have seen. It cost me nothing (not even shipping), so I am not about to complain. These were all courtesy Don and people coming for their vacation to the Island who brought them down...

Dave
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rdelius

The lid had a -48V power supply.Had to repair it a couple of times. I put test clips on the dial terminals
switch on % direct ,adjust for 100% to calibrate it .this unit I bought from ITT in Raleigh when they closed the plant. sold this to COT and it sat at my desk for most of 25 years I rebuilt and adjusted dials there.Had no instructions but it worked well

DavePEI

Quote from: rdelius on July 29, 2014, 08:45:33 PM
The lid had a -48V power supply.Had to repair it a couple of times. I put test clips on the dial terminals
switch on % direct ,adjust for 100% to calibrate it .this unit I bought from ITT in Raleigh when they closed the plant. sold this to COT and it sat at my desk for most of 25 years I rebuilt and adjusted dials there.Had no instructions but it worked well
Thanks! Well, I will give it a try tomorrow using my desk 48 volt supply and see what happens. While it is missing its case, it appears to be in good condition - no sign of missing or discoloured components, se we'll see what happens!

Thanks!
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