telephone hook-ups
I assume that the line is to still be on the same phone # (one line). The colors themselves do not matter. I have seen the phone co. use all sorts of colors to accomplish the same thing. The important thing is which pair to use. Phone jacks of the usual sort have space for two pairs. They are oriented so that one pair is the inner two contacts and the other pair is the outer two contacts out of the four in a row. The usual convention for a single line setup is to use the inner pair. Run any kind of double wire (light duty speaker wire is fine) maintaining the same polarity and the same position (inner pair) to the new jack(s). The polarity will likely be correct. This can be checked with a cheapie little phone line polarity checker from Rascal Shack. Many modern telephones are not fussy about polarity anyway. Good luck! Joe
Hi Dale, In principle, you are correct about the twisted pair wire for proper installation of tel wiring. If one can or is willing to obtain the official station wire as it is known in the trade, then certainly that is the one to use. I had partly forgotten to mention it and partly didn't bother because I felt that most people probably wouldn't bother trying to obtain it anyway. In most cases, it probably won't matter though in my experience. Remember too, that the telephone devices themselves too are often unintentional receivers of interference even when "properly" installed. Thanks for pointing out the omission.
The wire is already in place... Just need to hook up the right wires. AL