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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Gee. on my Sticks and Bricks, the phone company terminal box was on the Garage. not the house.
I ran underground from garage to house, like 10 pairs of UF (underground Feeder) in conduit.
Why drop to the garage... Well, that was a near vertical drop (Garage was just a few feet from pole) v/s about 100 feet of horizontal, This meant the ice load in the freezing rain was near zero, the odds of a tree limb dropping the drop were precisely zero, in short, an all around more reliable connection.
The only thing I had to worry about was a power line dropping onto the garage....again.
I ran underground from garage to house, like 10 pairs of UF (underground Feeder) in conduit.
Why drop to the garage... Well, that was a near vertical drop (Garage was just a few feet from pole) v/s about 100 feet of horizontal, This meant the ice load in the freezing rain was near zero, the odds of a tree limb dropping the drop were precisely zero, in short, an all around more reliable connection.
The only thing I had to worry about was a power line dropping onto the garage....again.
