Thanks Jean-Francois, Arron and Bart...
... got something to go on now. Unfortunately, the boy zapped my multimeter with an experiment in piezo-electricity (@#$#@!!! school projects!) so it's a bit tricky to work out which pin goes where. -- Regards, Juha Removing sig! For great justice! - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
At 1:12 PM +1300 15/11/01, Juha Saarinen wrote:
... got something to go on now. Unfortunately, the boy zapped my multimeter with an experiment in piezo-electricity (@#$#@!!! school projects!) so it's a bit tricky to work out which pin goes where.
You just need to test continuity, so an AA cell, some wire and a torch bulb will do. Plus duct tape of course. If you can't find a bulb then your tongue would do. For the really adventurous you don't even need a battery---just get someone to ring you :-) BTW, I seem to recall than the ringing voltage was chosen to be sub-lethal. Unfortunately there are counterexamples. You might really want to find that light bulb. -- Michael Newbery Technical Specialist TelstraSaturn Limited Tel: +64-4-939 5102 Mobile: +64-29-939 5102 Fax: +64-4-922 8401 - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Michael Newbery wrote:
BTW, I seem to recall than the ringing voltage was chosen to be sub-lethal. Unfortunately there are counterexamples. You might really want to find that light bulb.
;-) Think it's 57V here, enough to grill your tongue. -- Regards, Juha C program run. C program crash. C programmer quit. - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
Michael Newbery wrote:
At 1:12 PM +1300 15/11/01, Juha Saarinen wrote:
... got something to go on now. Unfortunately, the boy zapped my multimeter with an experiment in piezo-electricity (@#$#@!!! school projects!) so it's a bit tricky to work out which pin goes where.
You just need to test continuity, so an AA cell, some wire and a torch bulb will do. Plus duct tape of course. If you can't find a bulb then your tongue would do. For the really adventurous you don't even need a battery---just get someone to ring you :-)
BTW, I seem to recall than the ringing voltage was chosen to be sub-lethal. Unfortunately there are counterexamples. You might really want to find that light bulb.
I've had some nasty frights getting 48V DC through the line when wiriing up the old house. All I tell myself when wiring new phone lines is be careful of the black wire :) Chris - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
Yeah, I can assure you I will NEVER strip a live telephone wire with my teeth again, even if the wire-stripper is at the bottom of the ladder (Who would have guessed anyone would ring right then )!!! Arron -----Original Message----- From: owner-nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:owner-nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz]On Behalf Of Chris Hellberg Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2001 4:51 PM To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Thanks Jean-Francois, Arron and Bart... Michael Newbery wrote:
At 1:12 PM +1300 15/11/01, Juha Saarinen wrote:
... got something to go on now. Unfortunately, the boy zapped my multimeter with an experiment in piezo-electricity (@#$#@!!! school projects!) so it's a bit tricky to work out which pin goes where.
You just need to test continuity, so an AA cell, some wire and a torch bulb will do. Plus duct tape of course. If you can't find a bulb then your tongue would do. For the really adventurous you don't even need a battery---just get someone to ring you :-)
BTW, I seem to recall than the ringing voltage was chosen to be sub-lethal. Unfortunately there are counterexamples. You might really want to find that light bulb.
I've had some nasty frights getting 48V DC through the line when wiriing up the old house. All I tell myself when wiring new phone lines is be careful of the black wire :) Chris - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
At 11:18 AM +1300 16/11/01, Arron Scott wrote:
Yeah, I can assure you I will NEVER strip a live telephone wire with my teeth again, even if the wire-stripper is at the bottom of the ladder (Who would have guessed anyone would ring right then )!!!
"Hello, Mr Darwin? A Mr Murphy has a delivery for you." -- Michael Newbery Technical Specialist TelstraSaturn Limited Tel: +64-4-939 5102 Mobile: +64-29-939 5102 Fax: +64-4-922 8401 - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog
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