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- From: cthomas@athena.mit.edu (Michael T Ford)
- Subject: Re: telephone ringer voltage
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:31:12 GMT
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- In article <jecome01.726341429@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> jecome01@vulcan.spd.louisville.edu (Eric Comer) writes:
- >I was wondering if anyone knew the voltage that is sent on the ringer
- >line of a telephone cable when a call is incoming. any help would be
- >greatly appreciated.
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- The normal onhook voltage in the US is -48V. When the phone rings
- it is caused by a modulation of approximately 90-100 V at about
- 20 (if I remember correctly) Hz.
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- 73,
- Mike WZ0C
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