The front of the bell.

The right side of the bell.

The back of the bell.

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The left side of the bell.

The bell with the gong removed showing its insides.

A close up with all the mechanics in the picture.

A closer look at the inside.

A top view showing the electronic timer.

The bell facing right.

The way this bell works is a little different that my other bells but I'll try to explain. The power comes in through the 2 black wires all the way to the right going up to the power terminals. The D.C. - flow goes into the blue box and then out to the magnet while the D.C. + flow goes straight to the magnet. To turn the magnet on and off so it can pick up and drop the hammer, the blue box has a computer chip that turns the D.C. - flow on and off with an electronic timer. The blue box is taking the place of traditional contacts that are found in a Mechanical bell. If the flow of power is reversed, the electronic timer does not turn the power on and off, it only stays on so the hammer will remain in the magnet until the power is cut.When the hammer is dropped onto the gong, it bounces a few times before the magnet is turned on again producing the "Double Ring" sound that is heard with these bells. This is the only Mechanical bell that has a downward facing hammer Vs. other mechanical bells having their hammer off to the side. Believe me, it is much simpler than it looks.

The Model number.

The following pics are of my SAFETRAN H bell on my signal.

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These 2 pics are from the side with the side lights lit up.

This is a pic of the bell that was used for the auction.

I got this bell off of eBay, The description said the bell did not work. The seller said that ho hooked up 120 volts A.C. to the bell and I figured that was why the bell did not work. When he showed a pic of the base of the pedestal that it was on, I saw that he hooked the power up to a transformer and not the bell itself. The transformer stepped the power down to 12 volts D.C. which is what the bell is supposed to run on. I decided to give it a chance and won the bell for $50.00. When I got the bell and plugged it in, It did not work for me either, when I took it off the pedestal it came on, it wasn't even hooked up to any power. I immediately hooked it up to 12 volts D.C. and the bell worked right away. I was very lucky to get a working Hybrid bell for $50.00 dollars. This is one of my neatest yet. This bell is definitely one of a kind in my book.