| reply to derekmd
Re: Short in Internal Phone Wiring How is your wiring done inside the house?
Home run? (wire to each jack runs back to the serivce entrance termination)
Daisy-chain? (wire runs to 1st jack, then from there to the 2nd jack, and so on)
If you're feeling adventurous, you might be able to find this (or something like it) at the local Rona/HD/Lowes
»www.idealindustries.ca/products/···3=33-856
Features:
• Tests voice (6-wire), data (8-wire) and video (coax) cabling systems
• Large seven-segment LCD with icons for clear results
• Cable test results displayed in wire map format
• Tests for shorts, opens, miswires, reversals and split pairs
• Displays PASS icon for correctly wired T568A/B, both one-to-one and uplink (cross-over) cables
• Displays PASS icon for correctly wired 6-pin telephone cables both straight-through and reversed
• Tone generator mode for use with tone tracers
• Auto-off in any mode and low power consumption for long battery life
• Modular Plug Remote and Video Test Terminator store in the bottom end of the case
The VDV MultiMedia Cable Tester is designed to test all common low voltage cabling systems found in today’s
automated homes; voice, data or video networks. The VDV MultiMedia Cable Tester has a large, bright LCD display
and four momentary buttons used to directly access each function. |
