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wiring up a new phone line questions

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  • 10-07-2007 12:03am
    #1
    DotOrg
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    eircom came out to my house today to set up a new phone line

    the guy checked that the box beside the front door was working and it was but he couldn't do any more that so off i went to buy some phone cable so i could have the junction box where i need it to be

    here is the eircom wiring box beside the front door where the line comes in
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    so i ran a cable from there to the connection box in my apartment

    here is a picture of the connection box that my regular phone cable from my phone plugs into (from the other side obviously)
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    i tried every combination of wires to get a dial tone but nothing. i believe it's just the two coloured wires that you have to use and they should go into the two centre holes but that doesn't seem to work.

    any ideas please?

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    #2
    bushy...
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    Guessing a bit , not responsible if it kills stuff
    poke one wire into the hole with the white square around it and one into the hole with the orange square here

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    connect the other ends of the two you used above to the centre pair here at the back of the socket

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    should work (tm)


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    ST
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    1. Use one pair of wires from the cable going from Front Door to Socket, either the Blue & White/Blue (white wire with blue rings) pair, or the Orange & White/Orange pair.

    2. Connect it to the pair of terminals opposite the two wires from Eircom. Make sure these wires are secure in the holes - that they are making a good connection.

    3. On your Socket (Junction Box) Connect one wire from your cable to the Screw with the red wire (eg. Blue) and the other wire (eg. White Blue) to the Screw with the Green wire.

    4. Get two short pieces of wire and join the two screws with the Red wires and the two screws with the Green Wires.

    It looks like you have a double socket, so the last step will enable both to work.


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