"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 8/20/2014 4:21 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:55:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/20/2014 3:35 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:14:53 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/20/2014 2:53 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a wall hung phone in the kitchen, and portables throughout
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> house, so if the power goes off the kitchen phone stays on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a *corded* wall phone in the kitchen. It works when the power
>>>>>> goes out; the cordless in the den doesn't. Late one afternoon last
>>>>>> week
>>>>>> when there was a mere *threat* of rain, the electricity went off. I
>>>>>> used the corded phone to report the outage. Fortunately there aren't
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> lot of power outages where I live. Otherwise, I don't use that
>>>>>> phone.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Put a battery in the base and it will have a backup power supply when
>>>>> the electricity is out. It's the same idea that your alarm clock and
>>>>> thermostat work on.
>>>>>
>>>> The cordless phones have batteries. What they don't have is
>>>> electricity
>>>> if power goes out.
>>>>
>>> I'm talking about the base, not the handset.
>>>
>> I guess my cordless phone isn't that fancy. There's no place for a
>> backup battery in the base.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Mine either.
>

my cordless is plugged into my computer room UPS, so it has plenty of life
if the power goes out.