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Telephones ringing gary 04-04-2008
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Posted by gary on April 4, 2008, 2:19 pm
The telephone circuit in my home has two phone jacks:

Jack #1 serves a Panasonic KX-TG5210 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone and a hard-
wire AT&T Trimline phone.

Jack #2 serves a hard-wired AT&T Trimline phone.

When an incoming call arrives:

only one phone rings
or only two phones ring.
or the loudness of the ringing varies from phone to phone.

How do I get all phones to ring and to ring loudly?







Posted by Tom Horne on April 4, 2008, 5:59 pm
gary wrote:
> The telephone circuit in my home has two phone jacks:
>
> Jack #1 serves a Panasonic KX-TG5210 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone and a hard-
> wire AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> Jack #2 serves a hard-wired AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> When an incoming call arrives:
>
> only one phone rings
> or only two phones ring.
> or the loudness of the ringing varies from phone to phone.
>
> How do I get all phones to ring and to ring loudly?
>

Not enough information to provide a cogent answer. Is your home's
location urban, suburban, or rural? Is your telephone service provided
over copper wires, coaxial cable, fiber optic filament, or some other
medium. Is all of the telephone wiring in the home of the same age and
type?
--
Tom Horne

"This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
for general use." Thomas Alva Edison

Posted by gary on April 4, 2008, 6:38 pm
> gary wrote:
> > The telephone circuit in my home has two phone jacks:
>
> > Jack #1 serves a Panasonic KX-TG5210 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone and a hard-
> > wire AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> > Jack #2 serves a hard-wired AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> > When an incoming call arrives:
>
> > only one phone rings
> > or only two phones ring.
> > or the loudness of the ringing varies from phone to phone.
>
> > How do I get all phones to ring and to ring loudly?
>
> Not enough information to provide a cogent answer. Is your home's
> location urban, suburban, or rural? Is your telephone service provided
> over copper wires, coaxial cable, fiber optic filament, or some other
> medium. Is all of the telephone wiring in the home of the same age and
> type?
> --
> Tom Horne
>
> "This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
> for general use." Thomas Alva Edison

My home is in the city of Riverside, California.
The phone service is via copper wires (about 35 years old).








Posted by larry on April 4, 2008, 6:47 pm
gary wrote:
> The telephone circuit in my home has two phone jacks:
>
> Jack #1 serves a Panasonic KX-TG5210 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone and a hard-
> wire AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> Jack #2 serves a hard-wired AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> When an incoming call arrives:
>
> only one phone rings
> or only two phones ring.
> or the loudness of the ringing varies from phone to phone.
>
> How do I get all phones to ring and to ring loudly?
>
>

Look at the bottom of each device for the REN, add all the
rens for line 1 and for line 2.
The phone office has a max REN load of 5.0, other sources
may lower, 3.0 or even 1.0 .

If you exceed the max allowed, some or all devices won't
ring or work. Disconnect a few to get under the max limit,
generally turning the ringer "off" does not change the load.

1 Ringer Equivalent Number is the equivalent load of the
standard single line 1960's desk telephone (model 500 or 2500).

-- larry/dallas

Posted by gary on April 4, 2008, 7:10 pm
> gary wrote:
> > The telephone circuit in my home has two phone jacks:
>
> > Jack #1 serves a Panasonic KX-TG5210 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone and a hard-
> > wire AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> > Jack #2 serves a hard-wired AT&T Trimline phone.
>
> > When an incoming call arrives:
>
> > only one phone rings
> > or only two phones ring.
> > or the loudness of the ringing varies from phone to phone.
>
> > How do I get all phones to ring and to ring loudly?
>
> Look at the bottom of each device for the REN, add all the
> rens for line 1 and for line 2.
> The phone office has a max REN load of 5.0, other sources
> may lower, 3.0 or even 1.0 .
>
> If you exceed the max allowed, some or all devices won't
> ring or work. Disconnect a few to get under the max limit,
> generally turning the ringer "off" does not change the load.
>
> 1 Ringer Equivalent Number is the equivalent load of the
> standard single line 1960's desk telephone (model 500 or 2500).
>
> -- larry/dallas

Line 1 (Jack #1):
Panasonic Cordless Phone: .1B
AT&T Trimline phone: .4A and .7B HAC

Line 2 (Jack #2):
AT&T Trimline phone: .4A and .7B HAC

(Both Trimline phones are about 8 years old; the Panasonic Cordless is
about 3 years old).

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