Dave VanHorn wrote:

>>> Proper direction (orientation) is also essential.
>> I second that!  From my days in Telecom I have found that in the
>> "real world" Tip and Ring are often reversed.  I would use a
>> full-wave bridge reticifer to avoid the arc welding if I were doing
>> it.

> When they cut Waikiki over to ESS, they lost half the phones. It seems
> they were all done with tone dialers, but without a bridge. I guess
> everyone just reversed the wires till it worked. :)

  How do you sell phones without bridges?  You do mean the phones, not
the line equipment?  Oh well in the US I suppose ...

  No, actually, I think Andy's reference to "Proper direction
(orientation)" may have been mis-understood.  I suspect he was referring
to the prayers, not the phone line.
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  Cheers,
        Paul B.