How many phones on one filter ?

Does anyone know if its OK to connect 2 phones, both of which have a REN of
1.0, to the phone port of a BT filtered faceplate ? Or in other words, how
great a loading in terms of REN can be put on the filter inside the BT box
before its performance is compromised ?

Many thanks

AAR

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
AAR <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Does anyone know if its OK to connect 2 phones, both of which have a
> REN of
> 1.0, to the phone port of a BT filtered faceplate ? Or in other
> words, how great a loading in terms of REN can be put on the filter
> inside the BT box before its performance is compromised ?
>
> Many thanks
>
> AAR

It's designed for a normal domestic phone setup - which is required to work
with devices with a total REN of 4 - and will probably actually support more
than 4. It doesn't matter whether the phones are plugged into the phone
socket on the front, or plugged into extension sockets - whose wiring
connects to the back of the faceplate.
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On 27 Jan 2007, AAR <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Does anyone know if its OK to connect 2 phones, both of which have a REN of
>1.0, to the phone port of a BT filtered faceplate ?

Shouldn't think you'll have problems. The REN 1.0 figure is common, while
for many (modern) phones, the real value is likely to be a fraction of 1.

I was told by someone testing some other kit that it was not uncommon to
need 2-3 dozen phones to reach the 1.0 level. I'm not using a filtered
faceplate but a plug-in microfilter can handle quite a lot of phones,
plus caller display, fax/answerphone, and the faceplate could have a
better quality filter in it so again, you should not need to worry!

Thanks Roger and NoNeedToKnow for your replies. They confirm what I was
hoping to hear.

AAR