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- Jun 26, 2006
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- South East Michigan, USA
I hired the local propane company to run a propane line to my barn this Saturday. All seemed to go well, but when I tried to make a phone call Saturday evening from my home phone (rarely used) there was no dial tone.
I thought it was odd, but then I realized that the line must have been severed. I started digging up (by hand) one side, and the wife started at the other. She found a ten wire phone cable that was severed by the ditch witch the contractor used.
I checked for voltage between all of the wires but there was none. I do not know if this means that the wire is severed somewhere else as well, but I am in the process of digging up the rest of the ditch to look for another break.
How do you make an underground splice to phone wire?
-Joe
I thought it was odd, but then I realized that the line must have been severed. I started digging up (by hand) one side, and the wife started at the other. She found a ten wire phone cable that was severed by the ditch witch the contractor used.
I checked for voltage between all of the wires but there was none. I do not know if this means that the wire is severed somewhere else as well, but I am in the process of digging up the rest of the ditch to look for another break.
How do you make an underground splice to phone wire?
-Joe