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Station X · 29th Oct 2017, 2:55 pm

I would suggest that you have a problem with the phone's internal wiring/conversion then.

With the phone on-hook, all that should be connected to the line is the bell and that's in series with the capacitor in the master jack, so there's no DC path.

29th Oct 2017, 2:55 pm	#20
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 21,288	Re: Help needed with bits! I would suggest that you have a problem with the phone's internal wiring/conversion then. With the phone on-hook, all that should be connected to the line is the bell and that's in series with the capacitor in the master jack, so there's no DC path. __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.