"Steven Reynolds" wrote in message
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I purchased a new home three years ago and I wanted to add an additional
phone jack. In my closet, there's the home "Media Center" behind a panel.
I see that there is a mainboard with 10 terminals that leads to the phone
jacks throughout the house, nine of which are in use, so I would like to
tap into the 10th set of terminals. My question is how do I attach the
phone wires to this type of terminal? Judging by the other wires already
attached, it appears you just push the insulated wire down into the slot in
which the insulation is pierced and held in place. I attempted this
without success. Below is a link to a photo I have taken of this
mainboard. I've asked around and nobody knows what I'm talking about and
my home builder was no help at all and did not include manuals for
do-it-yourselfers, rather "hire a qualified electrician." I would
appreciate any help and thank you in advance. Please Cc me via e-mail as I
don't always check news. My email is

Click this link to see the photo of the mainboard:

http://trainweb.org/reynolds/photos/phoneboard.jpg

Steve
West Sacramento, CA

What you need is called a punchdown tool. You can buy one but there pretty
expensive: http://www.tecratools.com/pages/telecom/punchdown.html . If you
go to an electrical supply or Home Depot, Leviton sells a Keystone RJ-11
telephone jack, that comes with a disposable tool, which should work