Why does my cordless telephone stop working during a power outage??

Question

Why does my cordless telephone stop working during a power outage??

Answer 1

A cordless phone uses electricity from your home to make the telephone itself function.  A telephone with a cord on it, uses power from the telephone company to make your phone work.  If the power is out for an extended amount of time like 24-48 hours, the telephone company phone will die also.  The telephone companies have back up generators and batteries to keep telephones working after the power goes off.  But over long amounts of time the fuel for the generator is used up and the batteries will stop due to too much draining and no recharging.

Answer 2

because your phone has a transmiter thats plugged in the wall outlet

Answer 3

It needs power; the base receiver needs electricity to pick up a signal from the handset.

Answer 4

because it goes through the main part thats plugged into the wall