On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 02:45:07 GMT "Bill"
used 25 lines of text to write in newsgroup: alt.home.repair

Once the AC outlet for that phone was unplugged. I had full dial tone. The
service rep says voltage was TRAPPED in the phone line, even though the
phone jack was disconnected. Somehow unplugging the AC plug "frees" up the
trapped voltage in the phone lines.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

And you believed him??

I assume you are talking about a cordless phone that was plugged into
a 110V outlet. I could see some correlation *maybe* if that phone was
still plugged into the telco jack, and it was creating a short on Tip
& Ring internally. But what you describe makes absolutely no sense.

Check that wire going to the jack - did ya shoot a nail through it
putting up the trim? Is it under the carpet/ behind the trim and you
disturbed it? Finally, check the pins on the jack itself - they might
be shorted together.

There is no such thing "trapped" voltage in the phone line. Thanks
for the laugh!


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