At 03:50 AM 9/18/2003 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:

>> >> 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 :-)
>>
>> 3ma is allowed.
>> in the real world, your on-hook voltage can be as low as 12v, though this
>would be a rare case.
>
>
>I'm not saying that that isn't true.
>I've been out of the formal telcom field for a decade or so now.

garrgh...
my brain said 3ua, and my fingers said 3ma....

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