I need to replace the faulty wall jack for my phone today. I have the part I need- but I am wondering if I need to shut off the electricity to the house while I replace it.
Thanks for the info!!
2007-03-01 00:16:46 · 21 answers · asked by Mc K 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
No--household wiring and phone wiring are separate systems. Phone is low voltage anyway, but you can get zapped well enough to remember it if somebody calls while you're holding a wire. Take another phone off the hook, if you are worried about that.
2007-03-01 00:21:32 · answer #1 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-11 00:59:14 · answer #2 · answered by buchy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-09 15:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by Latonya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As other people mentioned the phone jack is powered indepently from your house electricity. That is why you can still make phone calls when the power is out.
Your phone wires don't have a lot of current running through them, but enough to give you a good little buzz if you touch them while they are powered.
Go outside your house and look for the phonebox on the side of your house. Open it up and inside you should see a little wire that has a phone jack plug on it just like you would see at the end of the wire of your phone that you plug into the phone jack. Unplug that in the box and that will unplug the power to your phones in the house. Close the box back up then work on your phone jack wires. This will help you from getting shocked while working on the phone jack. Once your done working on the phone jack, replug that plug in the phonebox back in and reclose the box and you're all done.
2007-03-01 05:47:29 · answer #4 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have only one phone line in use, all the jacks should use the same colors. The concept is that a pair of wires (in a cable in your case) goes from the telephone entrance unit to the electrically first jack. There the wires are connected to the appropriate terminals. From there the wires go on to the electrically next jack. At the first jack, the wires may be cut,with both ends under the same terminals. More often, the wires are just looped under the terminals. Tightening the terminals breaks through the insulation. This process continues through all the jacks.
2016-03-18 03:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sylvia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. The only non-low electricity associated with that jack would be the ringing voltage that appears when the phone rings. That comes from the phone company and not from the house wiring. Just leave any phone off the hook so no one can ring it and the ringing-voltage will not be a problem.
2007-03-01 06:13:23 · answer #6 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, the phone jack is low voltage. However, if your holding the two wires when you get a call you might feel a tingle..try not to hold them at the same time or take an extension off the hook during the procedure.
2007-03-01 05:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by Gregory M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phone does not work off the electricity of the house,but if someone calls the phone while your holding the bare lines it will give you a small 60 volt shock.
2007-03-04 15:33:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. The current used by the phone comes through the phone lines and not through your home's electrical system. You couldn't shut it off if you wanted to.
Good news is, you don't need to. Not enough current there to do any harm.
2007-03-01 00:20:30 · answer #9 · answered by Steve H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. The low voltage supplied to the phone jack is always present and not wired into the house supply. It will not be harmful.
2007-03-01 00:19:44 · answer #10 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋