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    Oct 31, 2007, 06:37 AM
    Dial tone
    I have a 2 phone jacks, I get a dial tone for 15 seconds then the recorded message saying "please hang up...." my wife tells me, that we blew a fuse in that room the other day. I have checked the connections and cleaned them.

    Any thoughts?

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    Oct 31, 2007, 06:42 AM
    Try pushing a Number before the 15 seconds is up. Don't think you have a problem, Most phone lines do that. No Fuse Problem here.
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    Oct 31, 2007, 06:43 AM
    Do you have a newer interface, The outside box the incoming phone line connects to? You can open it, unplug the one plug, and plug a phone into it. If it then works, the trouble is inside. If not, it is the phone company.
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    Oct 31, 2007, 07:04 AM
    Labman, go off hook for 15 seconds, My phone works fine, If I do nothing for 15 Seconds,
    I get the same recording.
    Thomp, testing outside as Labman says can verify Telco or House wiring. I think you will get same recording?
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    Oct 31, 2007, 07:05 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Stratmando
    Try pushing a Number before the 15 seconds is up. Don't think you have a problem, Most phone lines do that. No Fuse Problem here.
    That is correct, it does work, but if I try to call in after that time, I get a busy signal
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    Oct 31, 2007, 07:10 AM
    Call your house from another phone, if it rings busy while your home phone on hook, there is a short on the line or excessive resistance. Also try unplugging all phones but one.
    Then try a different phone, in case that phone is bad.
    Also look at gold contacts on phone jack, should not be black, green or corroded.
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    Oct 31, 2007, 07:36 AM
    Thank you, I will try when I get home this evening.

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    Nov 1, 2007, 09:14 AM
    Thom - why do you think you have a problem? Does the phone work if you dial within 15 seconds of going off hook?
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    Nov 1, 2007, 11:03 AM
    After 15 seconds or so, with the phone on the hook, I try to call and get a busy signal.
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    Nov 1, 2007, 06:27 PM
    Clip voltmeter to red and green, You can see when on or off hook. Aprox 48 volts DC, On hook.
    6-9 volts DC Off Hook. Maybe around 90 Volts AC for ringing. Watch voltage, and you see switching.

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