BELL or BELLSET?


Do not be confused between a Bell and Bellset as they are two entirely different things.

Bell
This is just a bell and includes no other active components, such as inductive coils or transformers.

A Bell cannot be used to replace a Bellset as it does not have the active components.

Bellset
A Bellset will always include other items such as induction coils, relays etc.  Early table phones where produced with no induction coils or bells inside them and a Bellset was the only way to provide these components.

A Bellset can always be used in place of a Bell. Just connect to the Bell coils only.


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