Re: Dead Phone at New House, Short Circuits Say SBC!

There is no easy way to find these shorts without special equipment. You will have to trace the lines physically. The most likely culprit is a common point on the wires that serve all three jacks. If the three jacks are connected from one to the other, called daisy chained, or they are served by a common splice a single fault at any jack will down them all.

The advice to run new lines is sound. I would suggest that you use a

66M block to do your splicing. The reason for that is that you use readily removable bridging clips to connect each jacks line to your network interface device. Removing the bridging clips isolates the associated jack for trouble shooting and repair.

Do you have a place to mount your telephone splicing block that will be out of the way and yet reasonably convenient? There are weather proof housings available that are designed to protect 66 blocks. One of these can be mounted on the outside of the home adjacent to your Network Interface Device (NID) if you do not have a convenient place indoors.

is a pretty good sight for telephone basics.

is an excellent sight for techniques and tools. It also has supplies available for purchase.

a manufacturers site on wiring 66 blocks.

Tom H

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Posted 5 years ago by HorneTD in General Telecommunications Forum

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