[geeks] debugging house phones

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Fri, 27 Aug 2004 @ 11:33 +0000, Lionel Peterson said:

> > From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
> > Date: 2004/08/24 Tue PM 06:42:30 GMT
> > To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> > Subject: [geeks] debugging house phones
> > 
> > I am trying to debug someone's house phones.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > The only sure test I know of is to connect their modem and one POTS
> > phone directly to the telco side, and then call line A to see if
> > the modem hangs up and if there is inteference.  Right now, that's
> > physically difficult, and I'd have to buy a long cable and some
> > alligator clips.
> > 
> > What else could I check on?
> 
> Have you thought about simply disconnecting two of the three phones on
> line A, to reduce the load? 

Yes, and I thought I said that.  

The reason I posted was because I've done all the common checks and it
hasn't helped to figure out what is wrong.

> I would suspect there is too big a current drain to get all three
> phones to ring,

Understood, but the line rings three POTS phone just fine.

I would think that if this were the case, it would never work.

The issue of shortened rings is very rare.

The other problems exist even with a single phone on line A.  

> and that is causing problems for line B.

I'm lost here.

Each seperate phone line should have its own power.

These aren't two shared lines: they are two distinct accounts, lines,
and numbers. The wires just happen to go to the same building.



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