<div dir="ltr">One more thing. Check your Lightening protection fuses/breakers. I've had some that were faulty, and gave inconsistent results. But I think you're on the correct path of bad cable plant.</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Jerry Ridge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jridge76@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jridge76@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr"><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">It could be that you have a resistive short on the wire. You can test for that with a meter or toner. If you notice a toner will </font><div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">short and the tone will stop, or the light on the toner may glow dim. It's a dumb test but quick and dirty. It may be the tone will be muted still there but at a low volume.</font></div>
<div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><br></font></div><div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">The other thing that could cause this is capacitance on the wire. The only way I have seen that removed is with something called a load pot, which is a coil to ground.</font></div>
<div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><br></font></div><div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">It could be your wire is in water and needs to be direct burial type of wire or jelly filled. </font></div><div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><br>
</font></div><div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">If you had a ground on the line you would hear a hum. If you have a bad ground at the power suppy or a bad filter in the power supply you will hear a hum. </font></div>
<div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><br></font></div><div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">The way to test for capacitance is with an analog meter and when you hook it up or revers the leads you will see the meter kick.</font></div>
<div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt"><br></font></div><div><font size="3" style="font-size:12pt">You could try replacing the ATA with a known good one and see if the ATA is doing it, itself. <br></font><br><br><font size="3">JeRy</font></div>
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