Phone Line Tester
US $15.80
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Dual Phone Line Tester List Price: $10.99 Sale Price: $3.99  |
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For common problem conditions with standard single or dual-line telephone hook-ups. Compact, plugs into any single or dual-line telephone jack. Can be read from any angle. Green means line is OK, red - reversed line, amber - AC Voltage present, not lit - dead line. |
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Leviton C2443 Phone Line Tester List Price: $4.99 Sale Price: $2.87 |
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Leviton 830-C2443 Phone Line Tester Leviton 830-C2443 Phone Line Tester Features: Detects wiring problems in modular jack installations Easy to use Carded |
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Gardner Bender #TT6200L Dual Phone Line Tester List Price: $9.29 Sale Price: $1.98 |
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Sperry Instruments, Dual Telephone Line Tester, Tests Single & Dual Telephone Lines, Bright Tri-Color LEDs Indicate Status Of Circuit, Compact Size, High Impact ABS Housing, Pocket Clip, Limited Lifetime Warranty, Carded. |
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Triplett 9615 Line-Bug 4 Phone and LAN Line Tester List Price: $8.95 Sale Price: $8.39 |
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Tests LAN jack (RJ-45) wired to 568A/B. standard for telephone line current. RJ-45 test plug is selectable via front panel switch for USOC (telephone) or 568 (LAN) connection. Use to test a LAN jack for telephone current, which might damage an expensive LAN tester... |
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Network Cable Tester List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $0.99 |
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Not sure what's wrong with your network? Before you buy an expensive replacement router or cable modem, test your cables! If the wires are broken (and you know how those cables get snaked around the house) the tester will detect it... |
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Paladin Tools 1556 All-in-One Crimper for WE/SS-Style Data & Phone Cable List Price: $45.99 Sale Price: $27.99 |
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The Paladin Tools All-in-One Crimper for WE/SS-Style Data and Phone Cable has multi-function cutting, stripping and crimping capabilities. It crimps RJ45, RJ11/12 and RJ22 handset plugs, cuts and strips round UTP/STP phone and data cable along with flat satin phone cable, and provides three crimp profiles and three cutting and stripping functions without changing tools or die sets... |
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Fluke PRO3000 Tone and Probe Kit List Price: $78.99 Sale Price: Too low to display |
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Use the SmartTone capability of the Pro3000 Analog Tone Generator to identify the right pair. When touching the wires together and momentarily shorting the far end of a cable pair, the SmartTone technology will change the cadence of the tone generated... |
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Cable Wire Toner Tracer Tester Generator Signal Probe Sale Price: $39.95 |
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Features: Trace cables or wires and diagnose the break point. Test the continuity of cables or wires. Identify the state in the working telephone line. Transmit a single or alternating tone across cables or wires and receive signal with tone probe... |
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Ace Telephone Line Tester (3038205) List Price: $10.49 Sale Price: $3.49 |
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Sold as each. Eliminates costly, unnecessary calls. Provides visual indication of phone line problem. . Manufacturer number: 3038205. Country of origin: China. Distributed by Vanco International, Inc. |
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Paladin Tools 70025 RJ45 Network Cable Tester Kit List Price: $25.99 Sale Price: $23.99 |
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DataShark RJ45 Network Tester Kit The DataShark RJ45 Network Tester Kit will take the guesswork out of networking and cable installation. This handy tool is small enough to fit in a pocket, laptop bag, or tool kit... |
Phone wiring and DSL performance?
My new DSL is only running intermittently (at best); keeps disconnecting from websites, etc. The provider seems to think it's one of the phone filters, but the problem persists when everything is disconnected.
So, I checked the phone line with an analog Line Tester (one with a three-led indicator): it says "Line Reversed." What exactly does this mean, and could this be causing my problem?
Thank you both for responding. yes, it's an older house--I think running a new line for the DSL/computer may be the best fix. Thanks again!
line reversed just means the polarity is reversed, tip is where ring should be, and ring is where tip should be... this makes no difference with modern telephones and equipment, and should have absolutely no effect on your DSL performance...
if you have wifi and a 2.4 Ghz phone this might be the cause of your problem... change the channel that the router operates on...
if your inside wiring is older, this might be the cause of your problem.. the best configuration for DSL is to have a separate wire run from the NID to the DSL modem... you can install a whole house filter at this location, so that you do not need filters on all of your devices and phones...
if you have an alarm system this is highly likely to be the problem, as alarms are wired to seize the phone line, so it is unlikely that the alarm system is filtered... the alarm system should be filtered, and a line should be run directly from the main telephone box (NID) to the DSL modem, as once you filter the alarm, you will effectively be filtering the DSL signal from being able to get to the modem...
the distance from the CO could be an issue especially in rural areas... or the modem might be losing sync.. if you have checked the above and still feel that the issue is with the provider, then have them send someone out to test and/or repair your DSL....
