Thread
:
really old phone lines
View Single Post
#
31
Posted to alt.home.repair
Mark Lloyd
external usenet poster
Posts: 1,963
really old phone lines
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:00:42 -0400,
wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:27:54 -0400,
wrote:
New installations are no longer done with JK 2-pair They now use cat
5. The OP has described the wiring in their new OLD house as being
2-pair with one of the second pair clipped off or missing.
The old JK only had 3 wires. The 4th (black) wire showed up with the
Princess phone. As has been pointed out here, the yellow was for party
line selective ringing.
That's what I thought it was for.
Also, I remember one house built in 1969 that had 6 wire cable:
orange
orange stripe on white
green
green stripe on white
blue
blue stripe on white
The only wires connected were the 2 in use (I don't remember which 2
it was).
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"The government of the United States is not, in
any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
Reply With Quote
Mark Lloyd
View Public Profile
Find all posts by Mark Lloyd