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- From: V C Lant <vclant12@interserv.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.telecom.tech
- Subject: Re: Making a RJ11 "busy" plug
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 10:18:56 -0800
- Organization: InterServ News Service
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- > : >The line cards in many switches now incorporate current limiters
- > : >which will limit the "loop current" to some value, such
- > : >as 35 ma. That's not universally true, so the short-circuit
- > : >current (if you short tip and ring) may be as high as 500 ma....
- > : >Stephen Satchell...
- > : Excuse me if I question that, but please name one switch
- > : from a major manufacturer that allows even half that for
- > : loop current.
-
- A valid point! If you focus on the old Telco for simplicity of
- calculations, how can a voltage supply deliver anything so high if the
- resistance of feeding coils is 2 x 200 Ohms over a subscriber line with
- non-zero DC resistance, and if the max voltage of it is 56.5VDC ? Perhaps
- 90mA as a max and anything above is a faulty condition.
-
- With new generations of COs, the voltage supply is swapped with a current
- supply thus even a plain old short across T&R would not produce more than
- 40mA.
-
- vc lant.
-