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scooby-doo · 19-07-2009, 22:34

you should eliminate the phones first though, I suggest trying them in another household for a few days to see if it still happens there. if it does then I would say its the phones. if it doesn’t do it then u need to eliminate the internal wiring.
could be an intermittent short, the biggest culprit being extension sockets...and wiring that is hidden under carpets or even worse laminate/wooden flooring, the cable gets crushed and can short out anytime. symptoms of a short would be the phone ringing itself and no-one there when u pick it up. or constant engaged tone if u phone your landline from another number even if your not using the landline.

if you take the faceplate off the master socket this should disconnect any extensions if its wired correctly. then re-test for the fault. if your absolutely sure it not the internal wiring or phones try the engineer route.

tell them its intermittent and you have done some tests on the internal wiring. the engineer should test all the way from the cabinet as he has specialist equipment to test for stray voltages,earthing faults etc..

mention to the engineer about the E-side possibly dropping voltage. don't tell him his job though cause they are touchy sometimes

i off on holiday for a few days m8, hope you can narrow it down with this info.

19-07-2009, 22:34	#6
scooby-doo Inactive Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 26	Re: Phone Makes Odd Beeps you should eliminate the phones first though, I suggest trying them in another household for a few days to see if it still happens there. if it does then I would say its the phones. if it doesn’t do it then u need to eliminate the internal wiring. could be an intermittent short, the biggest culprit being extension sockets...and wiring that is hidden under carpets or even worse laminate/wooden flooring, the cable gets crushed and can short out anytime. symptoms of a short would be the phone ringing itself and no-one there when u pick it up. or constant engaged tone if u phone your landline from another number even if your not using the landline. if you take the faceplate off the master socket this should disconnect any extensions if its wired correctly. then re-test for the fault. if your absolutely sure it not the internal wiring or phones try the engineer route. tell them its intermittent and you have done some tests on the internal wiring. the engineer should test all the way from the cabinet as he has specialist equipment to test for stray voltages,earthing faults etc.. mention to the engineer about the E-side possibly dropping voltage. don't tell him his job though cause they are touchy sometimes i off on holiday for a few days m8, hope you can narrow it down with this info.