Telephone Troubles

[Studlover (imported)]

An elderly lady phoned her telephone company to report that her

telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on

the few occasions when it did ring, her pet dog always moaned

right before the phone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded

to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or senile elderly

lady.

He climbed a nearby telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and

dialed the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away,

but then the dog moaned loudly and the telephone began to ring.

Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:

1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via a

steel chain and collar.

2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.

3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the

phone number was called.

4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start moaning and

then urinate on himself and the ground.

5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the

phone to ring.

Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.

[Riverwind (imported)]

hehehehehehehe

RW

[Tomas (imported)]

In all seriousness there actually WAS a case quite similar to this reported in the eighties in (I believe) Telephony magazine or Telephone Enginering and Management (both industry publications).

I remember making copies and handing it out to some of my engineers and installation troops.

In the real life story, IIRC, the report was that the phone didn't always ring, and the dog howled every time it did ring - before it rang ...

It was a corroded telephone ground strap on a mobile home, and the poor dog got zapped through his chain every time a call came in.

Thanks for reminding me of this one!

Tom <--- 25 years in the Bell System...

[Dave (imported)]

I thought the motto was "reach out and touch someone"

Poor doggie - - All you rat bastards are laughing at the poor doggie!!!!

Would any of you want to have your nuts jolted when the phone rang?

Just imagine getting your nuts jangled bby 90 volts when the phone rang!!!

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