Phone jack wiring?
#1
04-10-18, 03:06 PM
Phone jack wiring?
I am replacing 2 phone jacks. One of them has 4 wires (black, yellow, red green). The other has those same 4 wires but also has an additional strand of wires coming in. The colors are kind of hard to make out but 2 blue wires are connected to the same terminal as the red and 2 white wires are connected with green. What are these additional wires? Can I just connect them like this to the new jack (3 wires in each terminal)?
Thanks!
Thanks!
#2
04-10-18, 03:38 PM
Group Moderator
With 4 wire cable.... red and green is line one and yellow and black is line two.
Green - T1 - white/blue
Red - R1 - blue/white
Black - T2 - white/orange
Yellow - R2 - orange/white
Older cable is 4 wires... red, green, yellow and black.
New cable is 4 pairs.... blues, oranges, greens and browns.
Someone doubled up the blue wires and a second pair. Not necessary.
The blue pair should be used for line 1.
You can maintain the same connections and not worry about any changes.
Green - T1 - white/blue
Red - R1 - blue/white
Black - T2 - white/orange
Yellow - R2 - orange/white
Older cable is 4 wires... red, green, yellow and black.
New cable is 4 pairs.... blues, oranges, greens and browns.
Someone doubled up the blue wires and a second pair. Not necessary.
The blue pair should be used for line 1.
You can maintain the same connections and not worry about any changes.
#4
04-11-18, 02:30 PM
Connecting the white/blue and blue/white works.
Do I just leave the red and green unconnected?
Do I just leave the red and green unconnected?
#5
04-11-18, 03:12 PM
Group Moderator
That may be a jack between others. If the other jacks work.... don't connect it.
If one of the others doesn't work.... it'll need to be reconnected.
If one of the others doesn't work.... it'll need to be reconnected.
