Radio Shack.

"Michael" wrote in message
...
: Where can you buy junction blocks for phone wires? I have to
tie in all my
: phone wires from my basement renovation.
:
: Mike
:
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: "Chris Lewis" wrote in message
: ...
: According to NewsReader :
: Did I make a mistake here in using stranded wire?
:
: Yes you did. However, since the total amount of wire
involved is
: relatively
: small and if you take adequate care, you probably won't have
problems with
: it.
:
: I discovered this myself when wiring a few phone circuits I
wanted to do
: punch
: down connections. They're tricky, and over time the fine
strands may
: oxidize and disintegrate because of the mechanical abuse they
got.
:
: [A friend, a professional networking specialist has a gallery
of
: pictures of "horrible wiring", including punch down blocks
wired
: with all sorts of nonsense, including people trying to make
stranded
: work in punch blocks by _soldering_ it!]
:
: In my case, feeling suitably embarrassed, I soldered solid
pigtails
: to the ends of the three stranded phone lines... I won't
make that
: mistake again.
: --
: Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
: It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named
after them.
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