Subj : Dead Phone LIne.
To   : ART TAIT
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Sun Nov 28 2004 11:30 am

AT>Jay, I once ran into a somewhat simular situation. I had installed an
AT>extension line for my sister in law. In the process I had come up with
AT>one might call a junction box in a dark corner of the basement.  A
AT>couple of months later, when we chanced to stop by, she complained that
AT>the phones were not working.  Taking my extension out of the system
AT>fixed the problem. When I opened up my junction box it was full of
AT>spider webs. After cleaning everything up and plugging in the extension
AT>line, the the phones were back in working order.  Apparently, the spider
AT>webs had been shorting the wires together. Cleaning out the connections
AT>is the only thing that I did.    Could well be that you have a dirty
AT>connection somewhere.  Dont know if this will help but my heart is in
AT>the right place (G)

Art, thank you for your good heartedness!  However, after opening all
the wall plates no evidence of spiders was found. That is the only place
spider webs could possibly interfere. One of these days (maybe) I will
get up enough energy or curiosity to short out what I believe to be the
most remote plug and do a continuity check to test for opens from the
plug closest to the house input.

Meanwhile I am going to enjoy the trouble free current setup - even if
it is somewhat "unorthodox".

Jay
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