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- From: wb8foz@netcom.com (David Lesher)
- Subject: Re: Making a RJ11 "busy" plug
- Message-ID: <wb8fozDoKxoy.HFE@netcom.com>
- Reply-To: wb8foz@netcom.com (David Lesher)
- Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers - Beltway Annex
- References: <4i4n3j$dgr@baloo.pipex-sa.net> <JBMokex.doho@delphi.com> <4iabts$nn9@raffles.technet.sg> <4iag3c$qam@icefog.polarnet.com> <314C26AB.3E3B@accutek.com>
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- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 18:50:57 GMT
- Sender: wb8foz@netcom16.netcom.com
-
- Stephen Satchell <satchell@accutek.com> writes:
-
- >DON'T DO IT!
-
- >Zero-ohm plugs make the telephone company very angry. Very angry indeed.
- >Angry enough to disconnect your line as a "network hazard."
-
- Stephen, I'd never argue with you on modem testing, but on this
- point I will.
-
- The line card in your CO switch is designed to limit the current it
- can source to a safe value. (After all, shorted jumpers in the frame
- are a non-infrequent event.) In fact, several of them attempt to keep
- the loop current within a given range regardless of the load
- resistance.
-
- (If fact, that line card is designed to take all KINDS of abuse
- without flinching. See the term BORSCH in TFM...)
-
- Further, the local loop is itself resistive (and capacitive, of
- course too). This further limits the current.
-
- Here's the test. Take your DVM & apply it across the pair in the
- 100ma range. Measure the current. Then place your 600 ohm resistor in
- series. Does that 600 ohm make a drastic change in the current?
-
- [Exercise for the student -- calculate the Norton & Thevenin <sp?>
- equivalent circuits based on your tests...
-
- Further student query: What current will cause the 600 ohm/0.5 watt
- resistor to soon become a 100 megohm resistor?]
-
- Just short the pair. I've been doing it for years & I still
- have no criminal record ;-!
-
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