At our house we have a number of telephones. The other day after it rained we started having problems with our phones. In the background there is a humming sound that makes it difficult to hear. I was wondering if anyone could explain what kinds of things would cause a humming sound. It is there with every phone that we use, no matter were it is plugged in. Thanks you for your help.
2006-09-23 07:56:52 · 7 answers · asked by Lopuke 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Had the same problem. It was shorting in the phone companies underground junction box near the house. It got worse and worse until it stopped working completely, not just in the rain. It could also be your junction box on your house if all your phone wires come into one place.
2006-09-23 08:00:49 · answer #1 · answered by holden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you checked whether the humming can be heard if your master socket is isolated from the rest of your sockets (by unplugging the faceplate and plugging a phone into the socket behind)? If that still gives humming, check you get it with all of your phones, one at a time. If so, the fault is with your line and is down to the phone company to fix. They can do some line tests remotely and may not need to come to your property at all. Just call the freephone number for reporting faults. If you don't get humming from the master socket, the problem is in your own setup. Disconnect all of the phones, and use the phone that gave no humming on the master to check each extension socket. If that doesn't show any fault, reconnect the other phones one at a time, it may be one of them is faulty.
2006-09-23 15:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is not a single fix-all for this problem. as it can be caused by many sources.
Some of the most common sources are as follows:
A humming sound on a phone is often due to 60 hertz AC being induced into your phone wiring from your 120VAC house wiring. This can be caused from the phone cable being placed to close to 120VAC cabling in the walls, or even near extension cords in the room.
Humming can also be caused by a malfunctioning electrical transformer in an appliance or even somewhere else in the neighborhood (perhaps on a utility pole).
And believe it or not, a loose connection inside an outlet or in your breaker panel could be arcing ~ thus generating a voltage (EMF or RF) into the air, and then picked up by the phone circuitry.
Some wireless home phone systems (ie. base and remote units)use the home's 120VAC electrical system to carry the signal from one phone to the other. It's possible that one of the units is defective (or cheaply designed) and is not effectively filtering the 120VAC from the wall.
Lastly (save the most likely for last), if you have any equipment in the house that operates from a AC/DC wall adaptor, it might behoove you to swap them out with a spare. Otherwise, you can buy replacements at Radio Shack. Noisy rectifiers are often the cause of noise coming from a wall transformer.
I wish you luck!
2006-09-23 15:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Terry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you have to do is to call the phone company maintenance number. It is listed in the front of your phone book. Usually you just dial 6-1-1. That takes you to the repair service. They can test the line while you are on the phone and determine if it is their problem or yours. Start here first.
2006-09-23 15:29:51 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry Dee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually moisture in the phone lines. Call your local company and let them know. They'll get it fixed. No Charge to you.
2006-09-23 15:46:19 · answer #5 · answered by bugear001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is interference on the line - call the phone company, as it is probably outside.
2006-09-23 15:21:04 · answer #6 · answered by Caroline H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically it caused by a bad wire connection.
2006-09-23 15:05:00 · answer #7 · answered by luckyaz128 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋