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I'm tempted to say "chalk it up to MF" and leave it at that. However, what if the NIU L1 is wired to your house's L2? I would have confirmed if L1 went dead in the house when the NIU was disconnected. Thank you for the unintended amusement these two related comments provided for some of us: worried I might cut off a wire too short. wiring that has no "give." It comes out of the wall a fixed length - no slack. That is the way the electrician pulled the wire.
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You can perform what is known as "piecing out" on the short leads. That means: take a piece of matching color conductor, and connect it to the short lead, using a Scotchlok® , a B-wire connector, or a soldered and shrink-tubed splice.
Use pieces that are about a foot long, and those then become the ends that are "just longer enough" for the job.
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To Dave et. al.: Glad I could provide you with amusement. I am not an installer or claim to be: I am a collector interested in business phone systems of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. My goal is to install a 1A2 system in my home, which is why I subscribe to this tech forum.
My wire strippers are 40 years old and do not even strip 24G wire. My only professional tool is a 66 punchdown tool, also 40+ years old, and I punched down my first 25-pair cable a week ago.
Can anyone tell me what the acronyms, MF and NIU stand for in the above post?
Arthur, thanks for your tip when cutting off a wire too short.
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Ummm... looks like I transposed the first one. It was supposed to be FM. Sorry :dance:
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Originally posted by MNDAVE:
... Besides, don't worry about your tools. I've installed more than a few phones over the years with just a pocket knife and small screwdriver!
So, you’re the guy who’s been punching down on my 66 blocks with a screwdriver? :nono:
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Oh yeah just like the alarm guy who told me his pocket flathead was a punchdown tool!
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Well, I am not an expert on the NID (which I assume is the same thing as a NIU?) but it looked pretty straightforward to me. He took the W/BL and BL/W wires and switched them twice. One final thought: could the Viking ring booster have some sort of polarity guard, although as I say, it worked just fine for a week?
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Well if I understand you're last post, if the installer turned them over twice there still possibly reversed. :shrug:
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Originally posted by phonenut260:
...5. Yes, I could dial out on a rotary phone or phone without polarity issues. There's your answer. The telco has "lost" the TT function at the CO. Their problem, not yours.
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"He switched them twice." That's what I thought he did. That means he (A) didn't know what he was doing, and (B) didn't know what he was doing.
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