On 6/28/2017 12:20 PM, KenK wrote:

On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 6:56:47 AM UTC-7, KenK wrote:
I have three phones - two in the house, one in a separate
office building. The two in my home don't work. I traced
signal to the box and barrier strips where the line is split
and goes to the two phones. Signal ok at that point. Phone in
kichen has signal from the splitter to a connector that goes
between bare phone line and female phone connector. Have
signal there where line is connected with an old repairman's
test phone with alligator clips. Phone doesn't work. Tried the
other phone. Doesn't work. Tried a spare phone that works
IIRC. Doesn't work. Only place for a problem is between bare
line connection and female connector. Not likely but that is
what I find.
Do any of the phone have batteries? Are any of them portables?

Do you have any jacks not used? Any jacks that got wet?

All of the above have given me problems at one time or another. An
unused jack on the floor got wet once and six months later corrosion
caused a short. Portables with deat betteries or phones that rely on
batteries for the caller ID screen.