> Does anyone have any idea how much power you could tap from
> the line without causing it to go off hook?

The phone companies have some definite ideas about this :-)

But something like a 1 megohm load looks like a very bad line and MAY be
left alone. At 50v that's 50 mW. If you used a 90% efficient inverter that
would give you around 9 mA at 5v. YMMV.

Actual onhook resistance is far lower than 1 Mohm but the phone company will
not like you.



        RM

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