On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:30:03 +0000, Pop inscribed to the world:
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==== It depends on a lot of things, but mixing them up
would -probably- never be noticed. Keep red to red and green to
green and you should never have a problem.

Do you mean keep all the red wires from the inside phone lines on the same
pole/terminal of the (not sure what to call it) junction box, and the
green wires on the other terminal?


FWIW, with the phone hung up, the red lead should be negative
w/r to the green wire. There's a bout a 99% chance the wires
coming in from the telco will have that DC polarity correct, but
when things seem 'funny' it's worth checking out.

You lost me at hello.

==== No, not for standard, plain old telephone service. You
can cut them off even with the jacket if you wish to get them out
of the way. Only the two wires are necessary.
Actually, some people use the other two wires for intercoms,
things like that. But you don't need them.

Ok i will just use the green and red wires where I connect them to the
junction/terminal poles on my basement rafter (where the main phone line's
two wires attach to those two poles [bolts with nuts])


==== Just for grins, when you checked it at the "demarc", did
you make sure you had YOUR house wiring disconnected? To be
certain, always disconnect the house wiring from the demarc
before testing.

ok i did not know that.



Also, don't let them come into your house without telling them
you are NOT authorizing any charges of any kind for them. I let
one clown in thru my garage doors once, and he looked up at the
box on the way by, and commented on the neat wiring job. I
received a BILL for "inside services" from the telco! They
didn't get away with it!
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Good to know, I will keep them out of my house!