Telephone line monitor Telephone line monitor If you feel that somebody is tampering with your telephone line you might find this little circuit

Telephone line monitor

If you feel that somebody is tampering with your telephone line you might find this little circuit useful. It detects if there is another telephone connected to the line, if there is a short or an open line. Sound and a flashing light will tell you which is the current situation. The speaker is practically cut out during a normal conversation thus preserving privacy, only the LED will flash occasionally. The circuit does not require any battery and takes the supply from the telephone line itself. The transistors used are wired in a reversed biased fashion thus behaving as oscillators. You might try the 2N2222A as an alternative (not tested). This monitor is, of course, suitable only for analogue lines. Watch the polarity of the input line: the circuit will not be damaged by a polarity reversal but it will not operate correctly.

Cut Phone Line Detector A while ago I got an email asking for the schematic of a circuit to detect cut phone

Cut Phone Line Detector

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A while ago I got an email asking for the schematic of a circuit to detect cut phone lines. It didn't take me long to find this circuit in Electronics Now. When the circuit detects that a phone line has been cut, it activates a MOSFET which can be used to drive a relay, motor, etc. It can also be connected to a security system.

Schematic

Parts

Part	Total Qty.	Description	Substitutions
R1, R2, R3	3	22 Meg 1/4 W Resistor
R4	1	2.2 Meg 1/4 W Resistor
C1	1	0.47uF 250V Mylar Capicitor
Q1	1	2N3904 Transistor	2N2222
Q2	1	2N3906 Transistor
Q3	1	IRF510 Power MOSFET
D1	1	1N914 Diode
Load	1	See "Notes"
MISC	1	Wire, Phone Connectors, Circiut Board

Notes

1. The "Load" can be a relay, lamp, motor, etc. The circuit can also be connected to a security system to sound an alarm in case the phone line is cut.

2. If the circuit is connected to a security system or other circuit, both circuits must be electrically isolated from each other using an opto-isolator, relay, etc. This also means that the Cut Phone Line Detector must be powered by a seperate 9V supply.