Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!UUNET.UU.NET!roy%phri From: roy%phri@UUNET.UU.NET (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Temporarily out of service Message-ID: <3051@phri.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 87 15:57:00 GMT References: <8712040243.AA03233@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: roy%phri@uunet.UU.NET (Roy Smith) Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 12 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu 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