By the way, putting another .47uf-.5uf capacitor in parallel with the exhisting .47uf-.5uf capacitor will lower the impedance, or AC resistance. If the original capacitor is in good condition, this may lower the impedance enough to cause the central office to think you answered the telephone during the 'ring', commonly referred to as 'ring-trip' among other names that we won't discuss. So, the phone rings once, generally not a full ring, and doesn't ring again. Depending on the SLIC (Subsciber Line Interface Circuit) in the Central Office, Slic Hut, PBX, or S/L port in a hybrid phone system, the SLIC may reset for another call, or lock-up, causing a continious busy signal to all callers. Again, TMI.
John C.
