Fibre optic telephones, and power cuts?
Fibre optic telephones, and power cuts?
The old 50 volt telephone had no requirement for power from any other source. We had railway huts with a telephone, but no 230 volt power, OK today no longer used, we have a repeater and PMR radios, but we have for many years, relied on the telephone to work, even with a power cut.
One friend tells me his fibre telephone has a back-up battery, but the cabinet it comes from does not, so with an area power failure, he has no telephone, his only option is to drive around 2 miles to where he...
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by ericmark
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Fibre optic telephones, and power cuts?
The old 50 volt telephone had no requirement for power from any other source. We had railway huts with a telephone, but no 230 volt power, OK today no longer used, we have a repeater and PMR radios, but we have for many years, relied on the telephone to work, even with a power cut.
One friend tells me his fibre telephone has a back-up battery, but the cabinet it comes from does not, so with an area power failure, he has no telephone, his only option is to drive around 2 miles to where he...
Read more
by ericmark
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum