Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Posted on a forum yesterday that more than one case of trouble is rare. Specifically if the brushes on a starter are worn most likely the armature will be good after a little cleaning.
So naturally my first job today proves me wrong. The complaint was no dial tone (on a key telephone.) What I found was:
The line card was hung up to the extent of keeping the lamp on. Which I discovered after replacing the burnt out lamp. Resetting the card fixed that problem. The handset was bad, but it may be that since this was an idle position someone swapped their handset rather than call in for repair. Somewhere along the line the 25-pair connector was kicked loose.
Fortunately for the trouble report this can all be summed up as "condition."
Posted by at May 4, 2005 08:26 AM