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From: roy%phri@UUNET.UU.NET (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Temporarily out of service
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Date: 4 Dec 87 15:57:00 GMT
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	Connecting a garden variety resistor in the 600-1000 ohm range
between tip and ring (i.e. red and green, unless your line is wired funny)
will give an off-hook condition.  You probably want a fairly hefty (2 Watt)
one just to be safe.  Connecting a normal household 25 Watt light bulb
across the line will get you light when the phone rings (although the phone
company may not appreciate this; I have no idea what the ringer equivelance
number of a light bulb is :-)).
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016