Humming Sound

Not sure if this is for this forum, but i've noticed today that i've got a bad humming sound on my line, there is a lot of thunder about today so i'm guessing it might be that?.

DO NOT use wired telephones during thunderstorms!

Dunno if its wired or not, it is plugged in the telephone socket but the handset is cordless?.

In reply to a post by tommy_boi:

cordless

Then it's cordless and not wired.

So the humming sound shouldn't be from the thunder then, what if this humming continues, should i contact BT?.

It could be the cordless phone causing that.

You would need to check with a corded phone to rule out any "wireless" interference, but maybe do it later when the bad weather has passed.

Matt

Edited by uno (Sat 27-Aug-11 20:12:07)

I dont think i have a corded phone to check it with, i read that you can change the wireless number or summat that the phone is on and that might solve the problem, how do i do this and would this actually solve the problem?.

Check your phone manual (or if there are any switches/buttons on the device).

It may help, it may not - trial and error.

Matt

In reply to a post by adebov:

DO NOT use wired telephones during thunderstorms!

Even if all the phonelines are underground all the way to the exchange?

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Even if all the phonelines are underground all the way to the exchange?

What; and you think the several million volts [from a lightning strike] cleanly dissipates in the couple of feet between ground level and any cables in the ground, without sending any pulse up the cables?
But if you're so sure; go ahead - try it

Plus; in open space, wouldn't a large amount of metal below ground be more likely to attract the strike away from an area which is just dirt?

LOL.

He can't have seen the results of lightning damage

We best all hide in a rubber room when lightening is around.

Rang sky up today and they said try the phone in the test socket, when i did that took away any interference that i had, they have escalated the problem and said they will ring me back within 72 hrs, another thing i have realised is the BT socket upstairs isn't connected up, even though when i asked the BT engineer he said it would be live if the master socket was, the woman on the phone did say try another face plate and that might solve it, any ideas?.

Just a thought...

Is your Broadband connection unaffected ?

My broadband seems to be unaffected, as now the telephone is in the test socket the broadband seems the same and the speed is still the same, just the telephone doesn't have the noise now?.

Edited by deleted (Mon 05-Sep-11 13:34:38)

Up to and including the master socket is the ownership of BT and anything after (extentions) belongs to the homeowner/landlord. Did the engineer charge for the, dodgy, testing of the extentions. If you are competant then using shielded cat5e cable rewire the extentions.

Humming...

From what you say, I would guess it's dodgy Extensions that are causing the problem.

Is the Bell wire disconnected at the Master Socket?

What do you mean by dodgy extension as all i have is the phone connected to the master socket, the phone point upstairs isn't even connected/live, i thought it was and the BT engineer said it would be now the master socket is but it isn't, no i dont think the bell wire is disconnected, is that the wire connected to point number 3 also called the ring wire, but apparently the new openreach sockets they already have a filter in for the ring wire, so it shouldn't make a difference, or is that wrong?.

Edited by deleted (Tue 06-Sep-11 18:14:57)

I dont think i have any extentions connected, as i am only using the master socket, unless you mean something else by extention, sky left a message today which i couldn't really understand so called them back, they said it would be worth me trying another faceplate first before they send a BT engineer out, as apparently the internal wiring is my problem and not sky's or BT's, i thought this would be BT's as them installing a dodgy faceplate or not wiring it up properly is not a problem of the customers, surely.