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20th Nov 2014, 12:37 am | #1 |
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Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
In generally good condition, one has a crack in the body but all the others are solid.
I'd be interested in an idea of the age, and a valuation please? Seems like I can only add one image at a time. |
20th Nov 2014, 3:40 pm | #2 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
You can add up to five attachments, what device are you using?
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20th Nov 2014, 8:57 pm | #3 |
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20th Nov 2014, 11:45 pm | #4 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
Yes, I thought it must be. Posts from phones seem to have many problems, including rotated attachments and difficulties with punctuation.
As for the Intercom, I'd guess 40s?, but they were probably made for quite a while, and could still be in use in places. |
21st Nov 2014, 12:57 am | #5 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
Could well be 1940s on. I've seen later versions that are very similar but use more up to date materials. In fact I had a set but scrapped them a few years back.
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21st Nov 2014, 8:23 am | #6 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
This thread tells you all you need to know: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=59588
Our former moderator Darren identifies it as model IT3103 made by GEC, see here: http://www.britishtelephones.com/gec/tel7d.htm Value: not a great deal, but having a set that could actually be used in a collector's house surely makes them worth a bit more than having a single instrument would. Maybe £50-£100 for the lot IF you could find the right person (which could take a while)? HTH, Nick. Last edited by Nickthedentist; 21st Nov 2014 at 8:30 am. |
21st Dec 2014, 8:42 pm | #7 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
Thanks for that Nick - very useful. Unless anyone on here is interested and makes a reasonable offer within those figures then I might have to put them on Ebay as the charity can't keep storing them forever.
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22nd Dec 2014, 9:18 pm | #8 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
Actually a rather nice set to use for its original purpose.
I wonder of somewhere like a vintage-themed hotel or cinema would like them? Somewhat OT, does anyone remember the chap on Bilston market who sold these along with a variety of other (now vintage, then just second-hand junk) phones in the mid '60s? As a lad, I bought a number of 200 and 300 series from him, and thus learnt how telephones work! |
24th Dec 2014, 10:32 pm | #9 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
It would be good to see someone buy them to use. I dare say they would still work very well with a little attention.
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16th Jan 2015, 5:55 pm | #10 |
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Re: Reliance Telephone Co. Bakelite intercom system
I can remember seeing many of this type when I was a maintenance Engineer. Very reliable never went faulty with the exception of the occasional frying microphone. They usually worked off huge Every Ready 1.5v Flag cells which were about the size of a Tin of Ajax. 6 cells in a wooden box. Ringing Zinc, Talking Zinc, Common Carbon. The biggest problem occurred when they extended the network too far and voltage drops caused poor volume. The secret was to slip in another power supply either mains or battery at the furthest point. When they added Pye plastic intercoms they caused problems. The Pye kit suffered from poor contact oxidation and burning and micro relay failure.
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