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Old 25th Feb 2011, 9:40 pm   #5
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Default Re: REN Booster

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Originally Posted by AndiiT View Post
Another "cheaty", but possibly not too reliable, method of boosting REN is to use master sockets, which have their own built in ringing capacitor, at each telephone
Do I infer from this that a telephone using an internal ringing capacitor (i.e. wired for two-wire operation) would have a similar effect? I had always assumed conversely that such a unit would contribute towards the total line REN even if connected downstream from the booster.
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