I knew something was wrong..

select-fire

Lightning got the garage door opener last night. NO incoming calls this morning.. then this afternoon no incoming calls. I try and make a call... bingo NO dial tone. My DSL works but no phone.. Call ATT and they say the test to the home is OK. I go out and open phone box and plug in phone.. Dial tone. NO dial tone in home. I am screwed. ATT comes in the morning .

Sith Lord

bababooeyY.....Hopefully it's nothing MAJOR....Best Luck

swamp_thing

Select, do you by chance pay the $1.50 or so per month for whole house phone wiring protection? I know it has been an option anywhere we have been. Times like this sure make it handy to have.

duckhunter

Drop the land line. Use only cell phone and DSL.

watrulookinat

You'll live.

sarge_3ad

quote:Originally posted by duckhunter
Drop the land line. Use only cell phone and DSL.


I thought about doing that before, but everytime I have to make a call on the cell phone, I loose my signal. It never fails, so gotta have the land line.

trevorus

You usually cannot have DSL without a landline. Most companies require you to have home phone service first.

spurgemastur

quote:Originally posted by trevorus
You usually cannot have DSL without a landline. Most companies require you to have home phone service first.


That's how it is where I am, and it pisses me of to no end. I NEVER use my landline.

reddnek

I could not imagine trying to live without a landline, guess I'am an old fart!!! Some places in my area wont take your check without a land line #

select-fire

My landline stays. Business's are hooked up to it. I have a cell phone also only for emergencies ( trac phone ).

LKB3rd

I am an A T & T repair guy. One or more of your phone sets got fried and is shorting out the line. Unplug them all, and plug them in one by one. If you get dial tone in one set leave it plugged in. If not, leave it unplugged and move to the next one. DSL will work with a short circuit, which is how i know that's what it is, and it works on the side of the house because you have to disconnect the inside wires (thus removing the short from the circuit) to plug in a phone out there.

LKB3rd

If you have to pay for inside wiring this will most likely be a half hour job ($65). If you are able to find the shorted sets yourself, and tell him when he arrives, they will charge you something like 20-30 bucks for the repair call to "prove " the problem to your inside wires. If you pay for the inside wiring coverage, there is no charge, even if he comes in and finds the bad set(s).
You could also cancel the repair call to avoid being charged(if you are on the "pay for inside repairs" plan) if you find the fried sets before he dispatches on it.

select-fire

Done deal. Traced with the tester the problem. Lightning took out the filter jack and the answering machine / phone in the living room. Hooked up the old phone and aswering maching and OK. Time to go get another filter and phone. Called ATT and scrubbed the meet up for repair.

GuvamintCheese

I love happy endings.

select-fire

Lightning could have took out the Heat Pump or the Well Pump... Been there and done that more than once. Who says lightning doesn't hit a person twice. Thru the years I can recall 6 times I have had lightning repairs.

allen griggs

Why don't you install lightning rods on your house?

clays

Lightning rods will only protect the structure. You will need external & internal surge protection installed on ALL power & utility lines, (phone, cable, satellite, outdoor lighting, etc). There are no guarantees that even with this protection you will prevent damage. You can only hope to minimize it. High voltage surges must be "choked" down in stages. There is no one single arrestor that will do the complete job.

Da-Tank

gOTTEN HIT 2 TIMES BY LIGHTING. lOST 2 COMPUTERS. lOST 6 PHONES 3 ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS. NOW EVERY THING GETS UNPLUGED AND I STAY INSIDE.[B)]

select-fire

quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
Why don't you install lightning rods on your house?


First time in this home lightning has done any damage. Our old home was hit twice. Another home twice.

tobefree

quote:Originally posted by select-fire
Lightning got the garage door opener last night. NO incoming calls this morning.. then this afternoon no incoming calls. I try and make a call... bingo NO dial tone. My DSL works but no phone.. Call ATT and they say the test to the home is OK. I go out and open phone box and plug in phone.. Dial tone. NO dial tone in home. I am screwed. ATT comes in the morning .


Cell phone finally pay off???

tobefree

quote:Originally posted by Sith Lord
bababooeyY.....Hopefully it's nothing MAJOR....Best Luck


Wow a member from the darkside. Why in the hell do you need a gun? you can make a bullet do a U-turn!!!

bigdaddyjunior

My next door neighbor's house gets hit by lightning almost every time we have a storm. I've replaced his garage door opener motor 6 or 7 times, capacitors on his heat pump about the same and various other electric devices over the years. Weird how it always goes for his house and never hits mine.

LKB3rd

quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
Why don't you install lightning rods on your house?

The phone system has built in lightning protection where if a large jolt comes down the line it will blow the fuse and send it to ground. Unfortunately, some surges are enough to fry your equipment but not strong enough blow the fuses.