At&t phone system trouble again.

[pccsipoffice]

I am still having trouble with 2 extensions on a spirit 2448. They are installed around the max distance the
controler can handle. 1000 ft. Any solutions to this problem? Does any one sell a booster?

 

[exsmogger]

If you have spare pairs try doubling up. The more copper the lower the resistance.

Brian Cox
Georgia Telephone

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[AndrePa]

Is the wiring as old as the system?
If yes, they are probably Cat3 or less cabling. Doubling the wires like exs-m said could work, or You can replace the wires with Cat5/Cat6. If You go that route, You will be set up for IP Phones when You upgrade in the future.

Andre

 

[pccsipoffice]

I will give the double up pairs a try. The problems are intermittent I thought changing pairs (some are bad) on the feeder was a fix but it
didnt last.
The cable is actually in 6 segments two buried 50 pairs joined at a post, one cat 3 25 pair, one buried in pipe 25 pair and two cat 5e cables
all on punch down blocks accept at the post where uy connectors are used. The last 3 were put in reciently for these two phones.
One gas filled surge protector was added.
If doubling does not work I may have to move the KSU down the line but I dont want to go there unless
I am absolute that it is a distance thing and nothin else.

Thanks
Mike

 

[pccsipoffice]

Tried 2 new pairs that had 10 ohms less resistance. That worked.

 

[Dexman]

There is a small catch with using CAT 6 cable. Compared to CAT 3, CAT 6 cable pairs have more twists. If you were to cut...say...a 5' piece of CAT 6 cable, pull out a pair, straighten out the conductors and measure, you would find that the conductors are longer than 5'.

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[pccsipoffice]

Good point it seems that the second pair was the one that needed the lowest resistance pair I could find. Resistance measured varied from 79 to 112 ohms.
Shorted pairs and found least resistance.