🚀 go-pugleaf

On 8 May 1996 11:23:53 -0400, hannigan@shore.net (Martin Hannigan)
wrote:

=In article <4mqdff$nsl@northshore.shore.net>,
=David Chesler <chesler@shore.net> wrote:
=>In article <318f8630.16876879@news.tiac.net>,
=>selpro <selpro@pop.tiac.net> wrote:
=>>On 7 May 1996 10:38:33 -0400, chesler@shore.net (David Chesler)
wrote:
=>
=>  This is true, and it does hurt.  But generally it's considered
=>safe to work with live phone wires, they aren't covered by the
electric
=>code, and so forth.
=
=I'm not sure I believe it's 90. I think it's more like 15v. If you
grab
=both the tip and ring, you'll feel the current. I've felt the current
on
=more than one occasion considering my occupation and I can attest
that 
=if it was 90 or above, I would've known <grin>. Then again, I KNOW 
=what 120 feels like for sure, but not 90.
=
=I guess someone could look on the bottom of their analog set and
=validate the voltage. 
=-- 
=Martin Hannigan (hannigan@shore.net)
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48 volts dc on hook when you pick up the phone it causes a _high _
resistance short to let the CO know that you want dial tone, at this
time the phone voltage goes to approx 20 volts dc. when a phone call
is coming in the CO sends a 90 volt ac signal to ring the phone