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Thread ID: 26509	2002-10-29 06:32:00	ADSL and phone ringing	utopia (2200)	Press F1

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94159	2002-10-30 10:55:00	If my memory serves me right, one of the components is a teeny wee capasitor accross the line (between 2 + 5)... Cut this off. it does no good and may filter such noize as the DSL data itself (thats just an educated guess) .Clueless	Clueless (181)
94160	2002-10-30 11:11:00	Clueless, that also describes a 2 wire jack as well. Look on the front plate first, if it has a "2" bottom right corner its not what it seems. Found out that the hard way years ago. Finally destroyed it, by pulling off the circuit board to find that 1,2,3 were solid connected together as were 4,5,6. Looked like a 3 wire from up top...not underneath, a different PC board.	godfather (25)
94161	2002-10-30 11:16:00	OK good point Godfather... But would it actually matter? Surely either would send the ring voltage of to the phone and ir wired to pin 2 and 5 it would work? .Clueless	Clueless (181)
94162	2002-10-30 20:19:00	i actually very rarly find phones that won't work on a 2 wire system. even older 3wire phones often work on a 2 wire system OK. with a phone not ringing due to a microfilter being installed, it sounds like the filter is dropping the ringing voltage down lower than what the phone can use. Get a decent phone. as far as 3wire systems go, upgrade to a 2wire. far easier to work with.	tweak'e (174)
94163	2002-10-30 20:42:00	If you wire it in thinking its 3 wire, and terminate the third (ringing) wire, it neatly shorts out the capacitor in effect and holds the line up with the bell resistance.	godfather (25)
94164	2002-10-30 20:50:00	Godfather, but surely as a stand alone, where you connect line to 2+5, and plug phone in to it, (which from what i gather is the requirement in this case) there would be no differance in practice? .Clueless	Clueless (181)
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