Ugh... On Nov 10, 2015 2:17 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The importance of the NID and ground rod: > > A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her > telephone failed to ring when her friends called and that on the few > occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the > phone rang. > > A telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this > psychic dog or senile lady. > > He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the > subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog > moaned and the telephone began to ring. > > Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found: > 1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel > chain and collar. > > 2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose. > > 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number > was called. > > 4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate. > > 5. The wet ground woul d c omplete the circuit, thus causing the phone to > ring. > > This demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning. > > -----Original Message----- From: Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Extend POTS via IP > > FYI.... > > Telco NID's would have grounded surge protector installed in it... So as > to protect them from surges. > > Most likely when you are connecting the ATA to house wiring, you are > disconnecting it from the NID, and as such removing the surge protections. > > You can continue to connect the ATA to house wiring, as long as you > install the appropriate surge protection on the phone wiring side of the > house.. (the key here is that ground rod used for grounding the phone line, > should also be bonded with the ground rod used for electrical ground... if > not then you create a problem, and take hits every time it rains in hot > weather). > > Regards. > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Mark - Myakka Technologies" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:29:33 PM >> Subject: [AFMUG] OT - Extend POTS via IP >> > > We have several cases where a customer has a phone in an out building >> plus the house. When they were with verizon they just had a copper >> line between the house and building. >> >> When we first started installing the phones, we would just hook our >> ATA to the house wiring and everything worked great. Until the summer >> rolled around and we started losing our ATA's due to lightning >> issues. >> >> We are now only connecting building using fiber. We still want to >> extend the phone line to the out building using the fiber. Is there >> an inexpensive way to take POTS to IP back to POTS? >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Mark mailto:[email protected] >> >> Myakka Technologies, Inc. >> www.MyakkaTech.com >> >> Proud Sponsor of the Myakka City Relay For Life >> http://www.RelayForLife.org/MyakkaCityFL >> >> Please Donate at http://www.myakkatech.com/RFL.html >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> > >
