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Posted by Bob on August 29, 2006, 11:09 pm
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:01:39 GMT, "ChefBoy"
>
> >Hello all - I think this is my first post here, but I am a frequent reader
> >and lurker.
> >
> >We are doing some remodeling in our kitchen. To "clean things up" before we
> >have some tile demo'd, I cut some wires out of an OLD phone connection in
> >the wall - this is the kind before modular, where the phone cord entered the
> >plate through a hole and hard-wired into the phone wiring. Although this
> >was an OLD connection, it was apparently "live" as we now have no dial tone.
> >
> >I've tried doing some research on phone wiring to see if I can fix this
> >myself - and haven't seen reference to my situation. There appear to be 6
> >wires coming into the box - all with solid brown insulation. So - I'm not
> >sure which ones to join together to reconnect the line. We have only one
> >active phone line.
> >
> >Does anyone know how this is supposed to work? I'm not well-equipped with
> >testers - is there one I could buy to find the active wires?
> >
> >Thanks for your help.
> >
> >CB
> >
>
> One simple tester is just a 8-ohm speaker. Touch the 2 line wires to
> it and you get a dialtone.
Don't do this with a speaker you value. 48 volts of DC may fry it quickly.
Bob
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