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Sorry but No. The phone line has DC to power the old-style carbon microphone and AC to ring the bell. If you try to draw appreciable current, the system thinks
by Johnythree 10y ago
Sorry but No. The phone line has DC to power the old-style carbon microphone and AC to ring the bell. If you try to draw appreciable current, the system thinks your phone is "off hook", so the phone is out of service.
You can draw a tiny current without triggering the "off hook" detector, but that is miniscule.
- digler999 10y agothe question is about the wiring, not about keeping the PSTN working while using the wiring.