Re: 1939farmall update on DSL

Posted by 1939farmall on December 07, 2018 at 06:42:38 from (108.86.120.172):

In Reply to: 1939farmall update on DSL posted by Geo-TH,In on December 06, 2018 at 16:12:25:

Sorry I didn't see your post last night. Lets tackle the voltage first. Here is how that works. When the customer (you) ordered service you got DSL and phone service. When you dropped the phone service and kept DSL the phone company had 2 options on how they provided just DSL to you house. They could put you on whats called a dry loop circuit which would have no voltage on the line, or the simply shut off the phone portion of your service which would leave voltage on the line. Either way is fine for DSL service. Since you have posted a couple of times reporting a fairly constant voltage I will assume they did the later of the 2 options and left voltage on the line. Normal phone line voltage is 48 to 52 VDC so that figures and is probably not the issue. It should be present no matter what you do.
I see two problems with how your testing: Remember that sidekick is nothing more than a fancy volt/ohm meter.
1) You cannot get a good reading using that meter with the modem tied into the line. It has to be unplugged from the phone jack then test. As it is right now all your seeing is the function of the modem, that is why your see the stress reading jump up and down. as soon as your hook that meter (or any device for that matter) into the phone circuit it will knock the modem off line. The modem will then try to reestablish its connection
which is exactly what the readings are showing you. In essence you are just resetting the modem no different than if you just unplugged it and plugged it back in.
By reestablishing the connection you can get a better connection speed but if there is trouble on the line it will be a short lived fix. Which is probably whats happening here.
2) Going back to the 45VDC on your circuit. IF that is voltage from the phone company then you are very limited on what tests you can perform with the side kick it is not designed to test for shorts or grounds with voltage on the line. The only accurate tests you can perform with it will be stress and volts.

This is how you should test your line with that meter with the line conditions you describe:

1) Go to the modem and unplug it from the phone jack.

2) You said you had two phone boxes on your property. Go to the one that receives service from the phone company first and disconnect the incoming line.

By performing steps 1 and 2 you have isolated your service into three segments: The modem, The house wiring, and The incoming service.

3) Connect the sidekick on the house wiring side of the phone box. Perform short, ground, voltage, and stress test in that order and record your readings.

4) Connect the sidekick to the incoming phone line. Test for volts dc and ac. If you have voltage the only other test you can perform with that meter is stress. record you results. If you have no voltage then you can perform the short and ground test.

Let me know what your results are and we'll go from there. Ive carried a sidekick for over 20 years its a good meter, and can give you lots of info about the health of your line once you understand how it works and how to use it correctly. Good luck. Ill try to watch for your update.

Replies:

• Re: 1939farmall update on DSL Geo-TH,In 15:04:13 12/07/18 (1)
  • Re: 1939farmall update on DSL 1939farmall 16:06:38 12/07/18 (0)

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