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Clever idea to trace a phone line fault?
For some reason I have lost 1 of my 2 phone lines on the second floor.
This would be the yellow/black pair. If I am correct, the jacks on the second floor start with the one in my bedroom. Directly below this is my office, which works. I don't understand why this would happen, I have done nothing to the jack in my office, it has never been out of the wall. So, I want to test for continuity between these two points. I don't have a tone generator, and don't want to buy one just for this. I'm wondering if anybody has another idea short of running a long wire from upstairs to downstairs. Thanks, Jim |
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"jtpryan" wrote in message oups.com... For some reason I have lost 1 of my 2 phone lines on the second floor. This would be the yellow/black pair. If I am correct, the jacks on the second floor start with the one in my bedroom. Directly below this is my office, which works. I don't understand why this would happen, I have done nothing to the jack in my office, it has never been out of the wall. So, I want to test for continuity between these two points. I don't have a tone generator, and don't want to buy one just for this. I'm wondering if anybody has another idea short of running a long wire from upstairs to downstairs. Thanks, Jim Do you have a VOM to read continuity? I will bet on loose connections in the jack before the problem. If you do not have a meter and do not want to buy one then call a pro or run your cable. |
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jtpryan wrote:
For some reason I have lost 1 of my 2 phone lines on the second floor. This would be the yellow/black pair. If I am correct, the jacks on the second floor start with the one in my bedroom. Directly below this is my office, which works. I don't understand why this would happen, I have done nothing to the jack in my office, it has never been out of the wall. So, I want to test for continuity between these two points. I don't have a tone generator, and don't want to buy one just for this. I'm wondering if anybody has another idea short of running a long wire from upstairs to downstairs. Thanks, Jim Connect the yellow to the black upstairs. Measure continunity between the yellow and the black downstairs. |
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Of course! Funny how the obvious escapes us (me)! Yes I do have a
VOM. Thanks all. Jim |
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