295A Ringer Box

[zaphod01]

I don't see any 295A's on eBay at the moment but I found a few in the archives.

My question is: what's the difference between a 295A and the unidentified models such as this item?

www.ebay.com/itm/111157147785

These seem cheap and plentiful.

[poplar1]

The 300K in the Ebay listing is local battery (hand generator and batteries). The 295A is common battery.

[Sargeguy]

They are cheap and plentiful because no one really wants them except people who zap fish or earthworms.  The biggest difference is that they have magnetos.  They cannot be hooked up to a regular phone line without modification.  A 295A is essentially the same as a 534. 

[poplar1]

Yet if a seller parts it out, he might get over $100 for just the generator.

[zaphod01]

A member of the forum just listed a 295A. I have it on my watch list.

Thanks, guys!

[Sargeguy]

Yet if a seller parts it out, he might get over $100 for just the generator.

...but you have to hook it up to a lightbulb

[zaphod01]

There's actually a ringer box currently listed with a light bulb attached. There's even a picture of the light bulb lit up.

[Sargeguy]

Adds approximately 500% to the total price

[zaphod01]

www.ebay.com/itm/251331224837

It will go fast! It's a "**VERY RARE UNIT**"

[HarrySmith]

More like.....
"This is Definitely A Very Rare Piece!!!"
As described

[Sargeguy]

I think you need to sell it during fishing season to get the big $$$

[twocvbloke]

Now if someone clever enough attached the crank part of the magneto to a set of blades, you could make a small wind turbine out of a magneto....