How to Flush Mount a Phone Jack With Screw Terminals & Wiring
Each telephone line in a house consists of two separate wires. One wire is the positive, or tip wire. The other wire is the negative, or ring wire. A house typically has up to three telephone lines, so it's essential that you determine the function of each wire before you add a new telephone jack. The color codes for home telephone wiring are fairly well standardized, although there is some variation among vendors. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Identify the telephone wires in your house by color. The tip wire for line 1 is green and the ring wire for line 1 is red. The tip wire for line 2 is black and the ring wire for line 2 is yellow. The tip wire for line 3 can be white or orange. The ring wire for line 3 is blue.
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Hold the telephone jack so that that you are looking at the rear of the faceplate for the telephone jack with the socket for the telephone plug's tab facing down. The pins for the telephone jack's connector are numbered 1 through 6, reading from right to left.
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Trace the wire from each pin on the telephone jack's connector to its terminal on the telephone jack. Refer to each terminal by the pin number to which it connects. For example, Terminal 1 connects to Pin 1, Terminal 2 connects to Pin 2 and so on.
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Strip 1/4 inch of the insulation from the end of the white wire with the wire stripper. Remove the screw for Terminal 1 with a screwdriver and wrap the bare end of the white wire around the screw. Tighten the screw into Terminal 1 to hold the white wire in place.
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Repeat Step 4 to connect the remaining five wires to the other five terminals. Connect the black wire to Terminal 2, the red wire to Terminal 3, the green wire to Terminal 4, the yellow wire to Terminal 5 and the blue wire to Terminal 6.
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Align the holes on the faceplate for the telephone jack with the corresponding holes on your telephone wall socket. Fasten the telephone jack to the wall with the telephone jack mounting screws.
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