From FB group Bell Telephone …<\/p>\n
I agree. The upside of splitting before is that it won’t interrupt the DSL.<\/p>\n
The downside is that if there is a failure (loss of continuity or blown fuse) in the splitter, the alarm may never make a call.<\/p>\n
Most of the alarm panels we had at the college were for fire. They had *two* RJ-31X jacks, one for the main and one for the backup line. I would consider using the splitter before on the backup, but never on the main line.<\/p>\n
If the alarm panel interrupts the DSL, that has an upside, too. It gets more people off their butts to find out what’s wrong, and do *something* about it. And the insurance company may not honor a claim if they find out that the RJ-31X has failed because of improper install’n procedures. Those land sharks will use any means to get out of paying.😣😬<\/p>\n
BTW, on occasion an alarm panel would lock up in off hook conditions. The interruption of DSL is a good way to draw attention to this failure.<\/p>\n
MODULAR PLUGS & SOLID WIRE<\/b><\/p>\n
I noticed that there was a modular plug crimped on to solid crossconnect wire. I had intermittent problems with RJ-11 plugs crimped on to solid wire. I found out that the contractor was using plugs made for stranded wire. No wonder!
\nI bought the plugs made for solid wire. They had a contact that was like a “W” with the points displaced so that they would go around the solid conductor, instead of piercing through a stranded conductor. Piercing a solid conductor causes it to be severed, and it then can become intermittent.<\/p>\n
I learned a lot of things, including how *not* to do things from contractors! 😱<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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