conecting old telephone wires to new

alex perry · #1 Sep 2, 2008, 10:37 AM

I have the older wiring system circa 1976 wwith the colours white green orange and black how do I connect them more later colours

ebaines · Sep 2, 2008, 11:11 AM

Are you saying the wiring in your house consists of 4 wires, which are white, green, orange, and black? What country are you in? For the US I would expect that you have either red/green/yellow/black (all solid colors) or one pair that is white-blue and a second white-orange.

Stratmando · Sep 2, 2008, 01:32 PM

I have seen phones jacks wired with thermostat wiring. Doesn't sound like phone wires.
Keep same colors as on jacks. reidentify as red/green/yellow/black.
red and green are line 1, yellow and black is line 2.
I would convert your wires:
white to yellow
green to stay green
orange will be red
black will stay black.
connecting category rated wiring will be:
white/blue to green +
blue/white to red -
white/orange black +
and orange/white to yellow -.

Stratmando · Sep 7, 2008, 07:54 AM

Alex Perry seems to Forget to say where he is from, Ebaines asked, and he still wont answer, but easily find time to leave a negative. How the frik was I suppose to know your address?.



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