Re: Wiring a light to a phone

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You'd blow the 12v lamp first time the phone rings, which it won't since
the bulb will have shorted the line. A better way would be to use a 100
volt neon bulb. Even better would be a plug-in strobe sold at your local
Radio Shack.


> I am trying to create a phone tha will light instead of ring. I have
> an old rotary phone and have disconnected the ringer. I have a mini
> 12v lamp with leads and am trying to wire that to a phone line. I
> have a splitter from the wall jack so that one line will go to the
> phone and the other to the light. Is it possible to wire the light to
> the phone line so it lights up when the phone rings? If so what is
> the best way?