The Mystery of the Ghost Calls
Yeah, I know it sounds like some old Nancy Drew novel, but this mystery is driving me batty, and maybe some "detective" out there on the Forum can solve it. In my home, I have 3 phones connected to...
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Maybe some experimenting could narrow it down. You should have a phoneco box outside the house which is the only thing connected to the phone line. There will be a single phone jack in that box (two if there are two lines). Pull the plug (from the house service panel where all your phone jacks connect) and plug in one ordinary unpowered phone. You might try a long phone cord extension to get the phone to bedside but be aware this could collect RF interference making it necessary to repeat without the extension if the problem occurs. If it does occur without the extension then it is the phonco's problem. If not, the problem is in the house and your responsibility.
In that case, I would get a new house phone service panel with an appropriate number of terminals for your phones and use that in place of the existing one. Plug it into the phoneco box and connect one of your phone jacks each night. You may find it is one particular jack line. If no problem, then it must be the panel.
In view of the other weird things mentioned, I would be checking out the house electrical grounding. Make a good ground to a water pipe going underground or a grounding rod at least four feet into the ground. Connect a long wire, use it and a voltmeter to check the safety grounds on various outlets, especially the one the phone base is plugged into. And the wide slot of the plugin which is supposed to be connected to ground. Any voltage between any of these and the known good ground is a problem that must be fixed.
In that case, I would get a new house phone service panel with an appropriate number of terminals for your phones and use that in place of the existing one. Plug it into the phoneco box and connect one of your phone jacks each night. You may find it is one particular jack line. If no problem, then it must be the panel.
In view of the other weird things mentioned, I would be checking out the house electrical grounding. Make a good ground to a water pipe going underground or a grounding rod at least four feet into the ground. Connect a long wire, use it and a voltmeter to check the safety grounds on various outlets, especially the one the phone base is plugged into. And the wide slot of the plugin which is supposed to be connected to ground. Any voltage between any of these and the known good ground is a problem that must be fixed.
