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Unread 11-03-2015, 09:53 AM   #16
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Here's detail of the ringing systems used for telephony:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_and_ring

In the USA today it's about 50 volts. Field phones used up to 130V AC at about 20 hertz.

That is quite a handful!
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