[Tfug] Yet another poser

[jblais]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org]On Behalf Of
> Bexley Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:34 PM
> To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> > I also remember an old house where we lived, where
> > only one phone wire came
> > into the house, the circuit was closed through
> > ground, and from the
> > grounding block there were 2 wires through the
> > house.
>
> Hmmm... that doesn't sound right.  Usually you end up
> with *unbearable* hum if one side of the telco line
> is grounded.  <shrug>
>


? Perhaps my memory is bad, this was years ago, the house was from the 20's,
and in the crawl space I found onlyu one wire to the block, and a second to
ground (water pipe), and when I cleaned the ends and fixed the ground, the
phone worked again?  ?  I was surprised, or perhaps confuzd!

joe