Touch your Tongue accross a new 9 Volt battery. Beats drinking Coffee for a Wake up in the AM. :o) Technotronic Dimensions, NY (USA) www.100megspop2.com/techforce 1-877-817-9885 1-877-817-9885 (FAX) ----- Original Message ----- From: "MCCET" <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Fingertip Voltmeter anyone??? > > FYI > Found on the net., > > > > Subject: a neat trick > Newsgroups: alt. > View this article only > Date: 2002-01-3 > > > If you dont have any way to test if a phone line is live or what the > polarity is you can do this. Take the wires and strip them back about 1 > inch, spit on your index finger and lay both the wires holding them about a > millimeter apart in the spit on your finger . If its live you will feel a > little shock. The Ring side of the wires will start to fizzle if you look > closely, identifying the polarity of the line in question. > This was taught to me by a technician while he was installing my DSL > service this morning. > > > ------------------------------------------ > Make your TechAssist database better! > Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT field to the address above. > ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.