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- From: aa-2@deltanet.com@deltanet.com
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,sci.electronics.misc,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 60Hz buzz on phone line & modem problems
- Date: 13 Jan 1996 00:35:20 GMT
- Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA
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- In <4crp5m$4fj@hpbs2500.boi.hp.com>, ahill@boi.hp.com (Andy Hill) writes:
- >aa-2@deltanet.com@deltanet.com wrote:
- >>But one other thing to check is the type of wiring
- >>used for the telephone jacks. It should be twisted pair for maximum
- >>resistance to induced voltages. If your inside wiring is red/green/yellow/
- >>black, it is not twisted pair, and it is much more susceptible to interference,
- >>especially on long wire runs.
- >>
- >Is the twisted pair really significantly better? Shoot, the
- >separation of the wires in the usual flat cable is pretty small - it
- >doesn't seem like you'd get significant differential voltages induced
- >when the wires are that close together. Of course, I'm far from a
- >phone expert - I have no idea how many uV / mV/ V of differential
- >voltage would result in audible hum in a typical phone...
- >
-
- Yes, twisted pair IS significantly better. Old-style "quad" cable was less
- of a problem in the days when all electrical wiring was inside metal conduit,
- but now that most new homes are wired with Romex, it's more important
- to use twisted pair. Even with twisted pair, it's good to avoid running
- telephone cable alongside electrical cables. I've seen homes which were
- pre-wired with non-twisted pair cable and Romex, and they've had a hum on
- their phones from the day they moved in.
-
- Incidentally, the other main reason for using twisted pair is to avoid
- crosstalk. Different pairs in a cable have different twists per inch, meaning
- signals don't couple very well from pair to pair. ALL outside plant telephone
- cables are twisted pair (or fiber) for this reason. This can be a consideration
- even in a residential installation, now that so many people have more than
- one line.
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