Not really efi ..........

[Shannen Durphey]

Simon Quested writes:

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> Hi all
> 
> Nothing to do with efi .....but I had to share this with you all.
> 
> This story was related by Pat Routledge of Winnepeg, Ontario about a
repair
> call he handled while living in England.  It's common practice in England
> to ring a telephone by signaling extra voltage across one side of the two
> wire circuit and ground (earth in England).  When the subscriber answers
> the phone, it switches to the two wire circuit for the conversation. his
> method allows two parties on the same line to be signaled without
> disturbing each other.  Anyway, an elderly lady with several pets called
to
> say that her telephone often failed to ring when her friends called; and
> that on the few occasions when it did ring her dog always barked first.
> Pat proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog.  He climbed a
> nearby telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialled the
subscriber's
> house.  The phone didn't ring.  He tried again.  The dog barked loudly,
> followed by a ringing telephone.  Climbing down from the pole, Pat found:
> 
> a. The telephone system's ground was disconnected from the ground post and
> used to restrain the dog via an iron chain and collar.
> b. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current.
> c. After several such jolts, the dog would start barking and urinating on
> the ground. 
> d. The wet ground now completed the circuit and the phone would ring.
> 
> 
> Unfortunate but very funny =-)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Simon
>

 I can't pass this up.  Once you understand how a system works, you can
usually get the results you want.  Picture these:

"Edmund, be a dear and put the sprinkler on the dog.  I'm expecting an
important call and I don't want to miss it."

"Oh Betty, I'm losing you.  The dog's moving to dry ground."

"Well I don't know.  they put something called a step-up transformer on his
collar, whatever that is.  I just worry about that metal cable he's
dragging around.  Ground strap or not, it doesn't safe to me."

"They told me to get rid of the German Shepard and get a toy sized Poodle. 
Otherwise they couldn't gaurantee that the phone would ring"

"Well I hope it comes in, I gave Bowser an extra bowl of water..."

"Now how will this cordless work with my dog?"

I feel I must put a disclaimer here.  I have never and will never hook any
animal in series with any part of my telephone system.  This only seems
funny because the nameless pooch, while caused some severe discomfort,
wasn't harmed.

Shannen