Matthew
Touchdown! Greaser!
Had a serious batch of storms roll through last night, heard a pop, now one of our telephone outlets has failed.
At first I thought it was dead, but I can actually hear the dial tone (it is just extremely faint, barely audible.) I have an old ATT touch-tone phone with a light-up key pad I use as a tester, keypad lights up, and am able to dial, just that the volume is extremely low (only on that outlet).
Checked the wiring where the other lines are connected at the incoming junction in the basement, and didn't see any sign of arcing. Next step is to replace the wall jack.
I haven't dug out my meter yet, and the other three jacks in the house work fine.
Anybody have any experience or ideas on just how/what may have happened?
At first I thought it was dead, but I can actually hear the dial tone (it is just extremely faint, barely audible.) I have an old ATT touch-tone phone with a light-up key pad I use as a tester, keypad lights up, and am able to dial, just that the volume is extremely low (only on that outlet).
Checked the wiring where the other lines are connected at the incoming junction in the basement, and didn't see any sign of arcing. Next step is to replace the wall jack.
I haven't dug out my meter yet, and the other three jacks in the house work fine.
Anybody have any experience or ideas on just how/what may have happened?