On Jun 13, 2:30*pm, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:
professorpaul wrote:
*We have a
maintainance policy for inside the house. *Could this problem be due
to mice chewing wires? *If so is there a danger? -- Worried

The mice are the ones to worry... the voltage on the wires is around
75 Volts, DC, on an open line, IIRC. Enough to get their attention,
but NOT a fire hazard, as the current is limited in the local loop.

Since you do have a contract, now is the time to call the. You might
check -- are ALL interior jacks giving trouble, or just one or two? If
only one, check for loose wire, just tighten them down a tad.

Hmmm,
75V *DC? Where is that number coming from?

Out of his professional posterior orifice.
The nominal on hook DC battery voltage on
a POTS line is 48 volts DC. I've never seen
it run over 55 volts DC on a CO line. The
nominal ringer voltage is 90 volts AC at
20 HZ or 20 cycles per second for the
electronically correct. Party lines use
different ringer frequencies for each customer.

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read in an interview with jeff foxworthy:
before he was a comedian (professional) he worked for IBM, and when
they would hire a new receptionist type, he and his buddies would go
over and warn her that they were going to hook up her phone line and
they would need to test it, so if it rang don't answer it, no matter
what. then they would go somewhere and ring her phone and just let it
ring forever. and if she did finally pick it up, they would all scream
into the phone like they were being electrocuted.