BELL, MAGNETO WITH INDUCTION COIL AND RELAY TYPE 85
This was a bell used on party lines and was used with table sets.  The wall set equivalent, the Telephone No. 9, had the components built in.  A coin box could also be connected to this bellset in conjunction with a Telephone No. 2.

The GPO renamed this Bellset later as the Bellset No. 2.

The bell consisted of:-
1 x Bell, Magneto 2400ohms.
1 x Bell-gong No. 2, Oxidised.

1 x Bell-gong No. 2A, Oxidised.
1 x Relay Type 85, 2400ohms.
1 x Condenser, Metal Cased 2uf.
1 x Induction Coil Type 2203.

 
 
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