Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: lmg@cbnewsh.att.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Pseudo PBX For the Home? Message-ID: <10010@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 22 Jul 90 17:26:53 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 31 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 506, Message 8 of 10 In article <9952@accuvax.nwu.edu> Martin Ewing writes: >In our new house we have expanded to quite a number of phone devices, >about six, using two lines. As you might expect, the ringing voltage >is down. At what load would one start to have problems? I checked the ringer equivalence numbers of the devices on one line, and I got: Modem 0.3B Answering Machine 0.4B 1 Line Telephone 0.7B (and 0.4A) 2 Line Telephone 1.0B The other line has: 2 Line Telephone 1.0B 1 Line Telephone 1.0A 1 Line Telephone 1.0B 1 Line Telephone unknown Answering Machine 0.4B I haven't noticed any problems, but I'm not sure what to look for. And what are the A's and B's all about? Larry Geary: 74017.3065@compuserve.com lmg@mtqub.att.com