How Do You Rewire A House With Two Separate Lines To One Line?

doglovershouse

So SORRY Stratmando...I think a red mark is given if I click that the answer was inadequate, and of course you are right about many users at different levels. I did connect the red and yellow with the black and green, still have my original house line,,,but no dial tone in black and green one, nor are there any extra wires. I have a six post box and the only other color is white, connected to post 5 and 6

KeepItSimpleStupid

You can't get an answer if you don't answer the suggested questions. If you keep giving people undeserved red marks you won;t gat any answers at all.

Not all telephones are wired the same. It's IMPOSSIBLE to help without a dialog and work on your part. Giving red dot is not work on your part.

I'm done with this question.

doglovershouse

Hi Stratmando:
Your answer was very helpful and i think I reconnected the colors as you advised already, but still no dial tone. However, due to my health, I am having a "Life=line" phone installed in here, instead of an ordinary one - so I will leave that to the experts. But I want to most sincerely thank everyone of you guys who replied; and I appreciate your patience with my stupidity. Karen

KeepItSimpleStupid

I installed a similar system for my mom. There are ways to install it. One is with a RJ31x alarm jack which can seize the line and the other is the standard telco line. In the second case if another phone is off the hook, the system won't work.

Since I self-installed and purchased directly from the company than manufacturers the hardware, I paid about $16/m for the first year and about $23/mo thereafter for monitoring. They shipped it ready to plug in. Maintainence has been deleting and adding an xmitter when the battery died.

The system can be programmed via the telco port remotely or directly, but I haven't tried that method. Some functions can be programmed without the free software.

Stratmando

Karen, Hope all is well, Like Kiss says, Try and make sure They provide Line Seizure(Disconnects all phones to allow dialing in an Emergency). Tell them what you want to do.
They should(I would do while I was in boxes) make other connections.
I am still a little confused.
If you want both lines on one pair or single line phone, you could forward one line to the other, then you could answer both lines with regular phone.
A 2 line phone would allow dialing out on both lines. This would need 2 pairs.
Also if trying to use a 2 line phone, IMPORTANT you look at Phone Line cord, It MUST have 4 contacts(gold) Or second line wont work. Happens often. Good Luck

KeepItSimpleStupid

You can go either route (RJ31x, 2 line phone) if the wiring is of the "home run" style., meaning all wires terminate at one point. That's the standard now, but wasn't way back then.

Stratmando

I would also have the 31X on the second line, so first line "appears normal/Not Dead", Burglars entering a home, If smart, know that a dead phone "may be dialing out". Their are duress codes that can be entered by customer disarming alarm, but silently alerting Monitoring to Duress Situation.
If you don't have Alarm System this may not be applicable.