On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:03:14 +0100,it is alleged that "Kroma"
spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:


"Bill" wrote in message
...

WHAT????????????????????????

Sorry but I can't think of anything else to say.

Is there a cordless DECT or similar phone plugged in upstairs? Therefore
you are cutting the power to its base unit. Surely you don't mean that a
plugged in normal phone stops working when you turn the power off do you?

Yes I do - I may be daft but not THAT daft. I was shocked too!! The only
explanation I could think of was that it goes through the alarm somehow
(it's only the upstairs extension which goes off - all the sockets
downstairs continue to work as normal).

Daz


BZZT... probable right answer

Hadn't thought about that, but yes, the alarm is likely grabbing the
line to inform the monitoring centre the power's out...

Sometimes life throws odd things.

--
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein