Abstract:
A pair of unused telephone lines are connected together at a telephone office main frame by a device which is removably plugged in the main frame to connect a diode between said lines. At a point remote from the central office a testing circuit, which comprises a battery in series with a tone emitter, is releasably connected across the lines first with one polarity with respect to the lines, and then with the opposite polarity. If a tone is emitted for only one connection but not the other, the lines should be in working order.