Posted by Ez on May 7, 2004, 3:42 pm, in reply to "KS8455 meter" Well... I've been pretty much an inside plant / CO equipment sorta guy, but since my company was Worldcommed I have had to get work where I can find it. Right now I'm a network switching tech for Sprint. We have copper spans in my area, and so we use the 3100. Probably very close to what you're talking about, an analog meter. Here's the kick... Make sure you pair is not powered (no current, pull your office card, repeater, whatever... 1.Go to the X1K scale. 2.Put one lead to ground. 3.Put the other lead to a wire in your pair. Switch the polarity. Needle ought to kick. 1k equals one mile, thereabouts... if you don't get the same kick on the other side of a pair it's open on that side. You can also read for ground, side-cross, etc. But for me to tell you all that, well... I'd be pushing it. Transmission media to me was always fiber, until recently. Hope this helps... --Previous Message--
I think this board is pretty cool and all, although some of the questions don't have simple answers. This question isn't the easiest to answer simply but here's a stab at it.
: Hello, I am an electrical apprentice, but with
: my past telecom experience my company has me
: doing a lot of telephone work. Sometimes the
: need arises that i have to pull out my nice
: old NE KS8455 "kick meter" to test
: a pair or two. Most of the tech's I used to
: work with were old timers from Bell canada
: and knew how to use them, but I have
: forgotten all...I was wondering if anyone
: here might have some useful pointers on using
: the good old KS meter?
: PS any Bell canada techs on this site?
: Thanks in advance!
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