Phone line voltage?

[Sinbad]

So my Telkom phone line has stopped working - completely dead.
I recently had renovations done. I don't know if the builders broke the telephone, or have damaged the cable.
I don't have another telephone to test with.
Should there be a static voltage on the phone line? If so, and I test for this and it's absent, I should be able to deduce cable damage?

 

[Gadget Man]

Hi ... I think it's about 50 volts DC. Thereabouts. If no voltage then there is a line fault / break.

 

[Sinbad]

Thanks Going to go lick it tonight to see ;0

 

[InvisibleJim]

Not sure for SA but it usually about 50V dc. It would be absent if your builders cut the cable but it may also be a problem elsewhere between you and the exchange.

 

[Sinbad]

Not sure for SA but it usually about 50V dc. It would be absent if your builders cut the cable but it may also be a problem elsewhere between you and the exchange.

Sure... but if it's absent I just log a line fault with Telkom without worrying about unnecessary callout charge..

 

[b@nD]

Hairraising ........

Thanks Going to go lick it tonight to see ;0

Careful if the line is ISDN -- you may get more than you bargain for

 

[Sinbad]

Careful if the line is ISDN -- you may get more than you bargain for

but It Still Does Nothing?