Re: DoorBell Fon difficulties

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's always been a bit confusing which is one of the reasons the
red/green and other solid colors are being abandoned. Red is for Ring
which is not the ringing of the bell but the ring conductor (between tip
ans sleeve) of the phone plug invented in the late 1800's. There's an
interesting history at:
 http://nps-vip.net/tester/colors.htm for those curious.

From:Chub
w@xxxxx

> "Larry Moss" <moss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:PXYof.35163$XC4.32319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On 2005-12-17, Chub <w@xxxxx> wrote:
>>> maybe polarity on the phone line.
>>
>>
>> No.  Everything else works properly.  It just doesn't acknowledge the
>> flash.  (I did check anyway.) Thanks anyway.  I'll do as Bruce
>> suggested and wait until Monday to call and see what other solutions
>> Paul has.
>
> polarity on a phone line is counter intuitive.  why they do it that
> way, I don't know.
> Red is minus -,  and green is plus +.