Wiring a Home Phone jack

simple to understand. Short video on how to wiring up a telephone outlet in a residential setting. No special tools needed.

[@whoisharo4689]

unbelievable how people dont know how to make a simple video. this was the best one on this issue. thank you.

[@DIYTelecom]

Tjanks for the vote of confidence! Hope you got the info you needed. 😊

[@SpecialFXLady]

Thank you so much for these straightforward and clear videos! I just moved into a house that has been converted into two apartments and exactly as you described, the phone company refuses to guarantee service to the apartment. I could pay a tech more than my monthly bill to come out, but I"ve got the tools and would rather do it myself. ✌🏿

[@OmegaNet-mj4sm]

The quality and professionalism in the video are top-notch, earning an A+. It's advisable to terminate both PR 1 and PR 2, even if you only have one line of service. This ensures that it's ready for dual line services like bonded DSL and reduces the risk of loose PRs coming in contact with PR 1/line 1. Thank you for providing such a great video!

[@DIYTelecom]

Yes, excellent point. I always term the orange pair even though I know 99% of the time it doesn’t get used. Good comment. 😊

[@Kellystrong24]

Thank you for this video! I was able to replace the phone jack for my visually impaired elderly(86) dad who only wants landline phone to keep in touch with his family and friends🤗

[@DIYTelecom]

How cool is that Kelly? Good job! 👍😊

[@MissNancy1]

You are amazing! Thank you for the simple and complete instructions. I am so happy I can fix this myself ☺ Thanks again!

[@NetGeek-rf1dq]

You have the sound of jimmy mc guille if you watched "better call saul " ...thanks for the explanation

[@PastorBVongbasiri]

I share the bible knowlage to the public

[@nickjames205]

He really does

[@francheech941]

Do one at a time

[@Vedak2011]

Thanks for this video! I didn't realize how easy it was to replace these jacks. This will save some money.

[@DIYTelecom]

Isn't youtube great for DIY and saving money? 😒

[@hottvodka]

Used this tutorial, first time ever and seems to work like a charm thank you for saving me money and a headache

[@jeffreychavey4161]

Thanks for including the cat 5e cable usage- very helpful!

[@DIYTelecom]

Good point Jeff.. these days cat5e and cat6 are often used for phone cable.

[@freddyre8474]

Thanks so much for this video. Simple, well explained and to the point. Solved my problem. I appreciate it.

[@DIYTelecom]

Great news. Glad to hear it! 😀

[@dett1836]

Great info! Thank you especially for sharing/covering the twisted pairs!

[@davyleisure9469]

Dude you are a life saver... Very detailed vid. Thanks!👍

[@DIYTelecom]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for the feedback. 😊

[@carlapappalardo1901]

Thanks so much. Pretty sure my ancient biscuit jack is so old that the wiring needs to be replaced. I have to jiggle the phone line at the jack and I was looking for just this info so I could do that. Very helpful!

[@DIYTelecom]

Wonderful. Thanks for the feedback 😊

[@luceanmccaughin2330]

So using commercial wire, use white wire for green and the blue for red post, 2nd line is orange+white is green and solid orange is blue. Got it. Thank you!

[@SUSANDAVISify]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I was tired of waiting for someone to fix my phone jack so I found your video & did it myself. Thanks again.

[@DIYTelecom]

Isn't it great? Good for you! 😁

[@markhartung1985]

This works. Bought a house that was wired but the phone jack wasn't connected. Saved the cost of a house call

[@damselfly7318]

Hello and thank you for the info! I am slowly repairing the aftermath of my kitchen after my contractor abandoned us without finishing. My problem is that I have two commercial cables emerging from my phone jack. I'm assuming I only need to use one set, but is there a way to select which one? Thank you!

[@DIYTelecom]

Generally, you only need to wires for residential dialtone. If its a comercial phone cable, there will be 8 wires in there (maybe less). The blue/white twisted pair are the two wires you would normally be concerned about. Also, you mentioned two cables. One probably comes from the telco demarc and the other continues on to other jacks in the house. 😊

[@jeffmoss26]

brings back memories of being 12-13 years old messing with phones!

[@drexasouras1235]

Great video. What I was looking for. I just have a question tho.. On my flush mount I have 2 washers on each screw on the back.. so where would I wrap each wire at? At the very bottom touching the the wall mount wires or in the middle of the washers/each washer like layers separate from one another by a washer?? Or does it matter?

[@myownplaylist1331]

Ok, so I am replacing one that the phone company installed, they wrapped the stripped (copper) portion of the wires in between the two washers. I'm replacing it with a new flush-mount (a cheaper one) which does not have any washers, just the screw pressed to the connector. So, it doesn't really matter, because all the metal parts are conductors.

[@MichiganTrikker]

We have only 3 pair I can see - green white and green pass through from one side of the cable to the other without being used in the outlet, and then blue/blue white, and orange/ orange white are connected from both sides to the jack in the kitchen, which is a pretty old jack - it looks like it must be wired in series with other outlets in the home, so it passes through for the 2 pairs which are used, and not sure about the green white / green which passes through without being used, and if there is a brown white / brown, it must be snipped off on both sides, as I can't see it in there? any thoughts? thanks for the great video.

[@josephlandi44]

Good video. My problem is, I have a two port jack near my computer desk. One side I believe is not functional. Therefore, I have a triple splitter I the working port. One connected to a VoIP tell,one to a cap tel phone and one to a printer. I would like to add a two port biscuit jack. Can I run wire from my existing jack to the two port new biscuit jack, that would give me three ports to plug in my devices opposed to utilizing a three port splitter? Thank You

[@ALWAYStheEIGHTIES]

Looks easy enough. Question. My internet went out so I checked my phone that's also connected to same jack and there was no dialtone. I checked a different jack in the house and it was the same thing. Absolutely nothing. But if you plug in a phone outside to nid box there's a dialtone. Can one bad jack effect all other jacks so none have a dialtone?

[@GrimReefer1983]

Hi! Good video. Im thinking about changing my old phone cable to a cat 5e, all the way from the box outside. But.. My cables are blue, green, red and black. Would you know which cat 5 colors correspond whit what colours on my old wire? Thanks.

[@LegendaryGamerE]

If you still need it the wires are blue/white

[@brightonmusic]

Very helpful! How do you attach the biscuit to the wall?

[@theeperfectimage50]

If there's no screw hole on the back side you can just double side tape it.

[@klausengelmann9545]

Thanks for the video, very helpful.

[@DIYTelecom]

Glad to help, Klaus. 😊

[@ChadAmI80]

CAT5 Cable Wire to Jack = White with a blue stripe wire goes on green post. Blue wire goes to the red post for a single phone line.

[@imagesinla8575]

How can I figure out which line is which on an old house where all three lines coming into the house are black? Thank you.

[@jfnuzum100]

Yes, I have same issue and cannot find answer

[@smartmouth1577]

Thank you very much. You may have saved me about $200.00 dollars for a Verizon home visit.

[@DIYTelecom]

Ikr? Isn’t it great!? 😊

[@kimyongy]

how do you know if a cable is a line board cable?

[@MrFrankcoughlin]

Thanks, this was very helpful

[@DIYTelecom]

Great to hear! And, thanks for sharing the feedback 😊

[@ZachBail]

Thank you, got my problem all sorted out

[@DIYTelecom]

That’s wonderful to hear! 😊

[@pinakkoladaa]

Thank you so so much. Very helpful.

[@DIYTelecom]

Glad the video helped. Thanks for the feedback 😊

[@lorisindell377]

Great and information wiring information. I think I can do it myself and I'm a girl..Haha, I was my dad's son until my brother was old enough.

[@DIYTelecom]

Ahahhaha. Great comment Lori! I have a 9yo daughter. She loves all gizmos and wires too. I say, if that’s jam, what matter does gender make? Thanks for commenting 😊

[@ahernandez1080]

I have a couple daughters like that....no son so they're safe 😉

[@DIYTelecom]

So “phone wire” is 24gauge solid copper wire. Most suitable for in-wall wiring. Plus it binds well to the screw posts in the phone jacks. “Line Cord” is a very fine, stranded copper wiring. (Like thinner than human hair). It’s horrible for making connections to jacks. The line cords are usually ore-made in the factory to put the modular ends on them. Thanks for the question. 😃

[@DIYTelecom]

If they have square, modular connectors on them, it’s likely line cord.

[@jeffpfohl8597]

Thanks - this really helped

[@DIYTelecom]

That’s awesome to hear! 😄

[@charlesblum5256]

What do you do after you wire it? He didn't mention installing the jack into the wall.

[@ziamah6310]

Very helpful!

[@Rubadubcubb]

Trying to get an idea if it’s hard to wire a 2nd DSL line in my home. I have a spare Jack in my bedroom. Would it be hard to wire it to the 2nd dsl line?

[@rosc2022]

Thanks, this is exactly what I needed.

[@DIYTelecom]

Excellent. Glad it was useful ☺

[@autumnvogt9368]

So I bought a new white phone jack plate but it doesn't have the four generic colored wires connected on the back. I have commercial wiring only coming out of the wall where my old jack was. Do i need the other wires?

[@frankporterfield8121]

Great help. Do you have a video how to run a new inside wire from the phone box outside the house?

[@DIYTelecom]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3bPgn98hseGoqs

[@kokoyworld3199]

Hello I have question.. I have a fiber internet from centurylink that wired to phone jack. I added a phone line and used a splitter but it not work. Do I need to wire a separate like buy a new wall jack with 2 jack post?

[@jasonentz1668]

So I have a Digital telephone line with a corded wall mount phone ,what would it take to make a cordless handheld phone work ? Would you have any ideas?

[@DIYTelecom]

Jason, when you say “digital phone” I am thinking you mean like a business phone system phone (ie toshiba, avaya, nortel). Your question is too vague for me to answer easily. Can you can provide more details?

[@jasonentz1668]

@@DIYTelecom I've got a Panasonic KX-T7667 model , Basically what I'm trying to do make a cordless phone work so I'm not limited to staying within the reach of a cord , My system is a Digital PBX

[@youdate1377]

Are there different thicknesses of wire for better internet. I'm getting 36 megabits my company tells me out side the house but only 23 inside. So I'd guess it's my wire coming in the house slowing it down. What thickness is best for this purpose, thanks!

[@kovyvuri]

cat5

[@DIYTelecom]

Yes, as Cal said, a category 5e cable (available online or at big name hardware stores). Also, surge suppressors can have that degrading effect too. 😊

[@naturalbeautyofanyone9637]

sir told me about two wire connecter for intercom

[@daviddouillet4138]

What if you have black and white cables coming off the phone cable instead of the 4 colors?

[@mafwissard5085]

Can you show how to connect the twisted wires to the biscuit/surface jack

[@franciscomendoza3826]

Adds... up z

[@frankporterfield8121]

I was thinking about coming from the D box outside and replacing the incoming wire. I had the phone guy out and he said I had static on the line but is was good outside at the box.

[@DIYTelecom]

If it's clean at the demarc but static inside, it indicates bad connections or splices.

[@madelinescreations7955]

Best video thank you

[@yanktyme21]

Thank you so much!

[@marcoayala5037]

My phone Jack has 6 terminal screws to land the wires does that matter. Btw my house has commercial wire

[@DIYTelecom]

Right. And thats ok. Still probably only need the center two pins (the red&green or white/blue & blue/white).

[@christianumanzo]

Can I do it while electricity is on the house or do I teurn it of

[@DIYTelecom]

You don't need to turn off any power so long as you are just working on telephone wires. ☺️

[@LaurentPonsin]

almost ready to repair however we have 8 wires ( blue, green, orange, copper, white& blue, white&green, white&orange,white&copper) we only have one line- any suggestions?

[@DIYTelecom]

In the United States?

[@level70420]

Why are there 2 screws instead of one for each color in the larger jack?

[@DIYTelecom]

if I had to guess, because it flatter with less space to work with. Often times you have two cable coming into a jack. One to supply the dialtone and then another which goes to another jack. They call that serial wiring.

[@JT-wi1lo]

can someone tell me if you can use the telehpone wire into a cat5e keystone jack?

[@DIYTelecom]

Yes, you sure can. The green & red telephone wire would go in to the white/blue and blue/white slots on the jack. 😊

[@frankporterfield8121]

Thanks. I'll check that out.

[@asusenaochoa7224]

Can I do this if I don’t already have a phone jack?

[@DIYTelecom]

You should be able to get phone jacks at most hardware stores. 🙂

[@allison88888888]

so i'm thinking of getting a rotary telephone, but the phone has 3 prongs at the end of the cable (colors red, green & yellow) now my question is, would i need to get the little"biscuit" converter box and put the prong ends into their respective screws and then plug in the phone jack that goes into the wall?

[@DIYTelecom]

Wow Allison, that must be some old-school phone. I’m at a loss to give an answer on that with out actually seeing the device. 🤔

[@allison88888888]

@@DIYTelecom is there any way I could send u pictures? so far, i have managed to change out the cable for a pink one, and i carefully screwed down the prong-ended wires to their colors (red, green & yellow) inside the telephone. now, my next step is to get a biscuit jack and i'm hoping the one you demonstrated works because the other end of the pink cable also has those three wires in red, green & yellow. then i'm hoping once i wire them accordingly into the biscuit jack, i can just plug in the modular jack onto the biscuit jack and, thus, convert the telephone cable.

[@farealwitit7947]

awesome thx!!!

[@apkjokerett21]

Can I use a different wire if my blue and white one is too short?

[@DIYTelecom]

Colors don’t matter too much so long as you’re bridging the tip(green) and ring (red) connection to all the jacks where you need dialtone 😊

[@apkjokerett21]

Thanks!

[@deborahacolephotography7823]

I’ve got a four wire 1934 phone I’d like to connect to the biscuit Jack. How do I handle the wires coming into the biscuit Jack so I don’t get zapped? I have no idea where it comes into my electric panel to flip that switch off…..

[@DIYTelecom]

Deborah, two options: 1. The feed (phone power) comes into a separate box, usually outside called Demark. Look for something with like the phone company logo on it. 2. Phone power usually won’t bite you unless the phone rings. So, if you have another phone on that same circuit, you can just take it off the hook while you work.

[@EanBezemer]

Can you do a video explaining RJ21 and 110 blocks ? I run into these in the field quite a bit and have a tendency to get a bit lost..

[@DIYTelecom]

Ean, there should be some like that on this channel. Or, try these other two channels of mine: KZbin.com/networkadvisor KZbin.com/voiptech

[@calumgillis6846]

Thank you

[@grangrampa832]

Thank you!

[@perseverancekope6645]

highly appreciated

[@mohestking]

I have just white and green wire How to wire it ?

[@DIYTelecom]

Sorry, not familiar with those colors as it relates to phone wiring. If it helps at all, there is no positive/negative so you van put one wire on the green (tip) and one on the red (ring) and see if it works.

[@cristofermorales7234]

So I have the brown, orange, blue .... one. Is there anyway to get wifi from these?

[@DIYTelecom]

If you get “DSL” service from your phone company (ie. Frontier, Century Link) they will usually put the DSL service on the white/blue pair. Or the Red &Green. Hope that helps. 😊

[@BetterORworse.]

Thanks alot i appreciate it.. great video in many ways.. im sure you know why and what I mean.❤

[@DIYTelecom]

Thank you so much for that feedback! ☺

[@saulroth9957]

thank you for the information, if possible can you show how to install a light on a land line phone to visually see if the phone is ringing , I have a hearing problem , thank you

[@DIYTelecom]

If you have traditional land line phone service (as most residences do), something like this would work a.co/d/8DB9lhK

[@dilhangurbuzergamingchanel7306]

Hi, so I just bought a old house from 60s, has no phone jacks or not even a network interface device this house is for my mom, she is a security freak kinda and we are changing baseboards because super ugly I think it even has abscesses (I apologize my wrong spelling I’m a in a hurry for my night shift) so basically during the baseboards open we are going to add a Honeywell hardwired alarm system, cable TV jacks and internet and phone jacks, now my question is could I buy cat5e or cat5 or cat3 cable expose copper, and wire into her phone jacks that we will buy. But can I just put a normal rj11 end on the cat5e, cat5 or cat3 cable? Also she has a optimum modem and she has a really old western electric wall rotary ohone, I guess I would be able to just slide the phone down the jack. I would like to just buy real phone cable like, cat5e or cat5. Or cat3 cable and just wire that into phone jack and do rj11 end so she can plug into opitum modem, then I guess I’ll get a three port phoen splitter since she has three bedrooms this way she can use her old western electric touch tone phone.

[@Tk2776]

Great video. I have a question for you, I have one biscuit jack in my house that continually keeps going bad within a year or two. I just did a continuity test on the posts and all went to 1 except yellow which went to a 2 from screw post to the wire where the terminal is. From post to the end of the wire sticking out the outside of the terminal I don't think the continuity fell below 17 at best.. most of the time in the 100s with multimeter. Do you know what would cause this?

[@DIYTelecom]

First thing that popped into my head when I read this is “bad splice somewhere”. Do you notice static on the line (when it’s working)? When I see that kind of symptom as you describe that’s my first suspicion. Are there any other juncture locations (other wall jacks) where the cable may have been tapped? If so, I would be inspecting those for potentially sub-par connections.

[@Tk2776]

@@DIYTelecom there is at least one, I will do that. Thank you for the quick reply.

[@DIYTelecom]

The bare copper in phone wires oxidizes over time. So check that any connections are solidly screwed-down. If you see any wires just twisted together that can often be your trouble.

[@Memeland____]

lol i used the small wire with the plug and it worked well because there is no phone lines where i live

[@instantchildbirth2746]

do you need to turn the power off?

[@DIYTelecom]

In my profession, we generally do not disconnect the phone lines when we are working on them. However, there is still power on the wires, but it’s not nearly as dangerous as the electricity in your US household outlets.

[@perrochismoson9994]

thanks so much

[@DIYTelecom]

Appreciate the thanks 😄

[@solo4o6]

The colors of my wire doesn't match the box.Edit 5:41 you answered my question. Thank you

[@xuanto7]

Hi. Is it in Australia phone line?

[@DIYTelecom]

This is U.S. Not sure the wire colors for AUSTRALIA.

[@rockettheblacklab3384]

Just wanted to comment that I had internet and home phone issues to only find it that the technician NEVER stripped the wires. Stripped and bam, problem solved.

[@mwanatwaha763]

Nice ilike

[@mond000]

Thanks, bro.

[@DIYTelecom]

Any time, my pleasure. Thanks for commenting. 😊

[@allihenderson7955]

Very helpful ty ....gonna change a old grandma wall jack in my kitchen. 😊

[@DIYTelecom]

Grandma would be proud! 😆

[@polybius223]

I know it’s an old standard, but you didn’t mention the old Bell Systems 4 prong POTS jack!

[@DIYTelecom]

Oh man. And, I still see those things from time to time! 😄

[@sharkbait3332]

Century Link quoted $100 for a tech to come out and install a flush mount jack in apt that is wired. Not! KZbin it instead. Thank you for saving me $$$

[@DIYTelecom]

Isn’t it great? Good for you! 😁

[@sharkbait3332]

@@DIYTelecom Thank you. Yes, one trip to Ace and spent less than $6.

[@michaelmaruszewski5323]

I'm having a problem where I can't receive incoming calls but I can call other people no problem. This only happens when its connected to the wall plug and not the modem. Anyone have any idea?

[@josephlandi44]

I had same problem. I have what is known as OOMA Telo which is a VOIP telephone box. I was having lots of problems. I calle$ the company and they instructed me to take the base station of my phone set, one with a telephone port. Connect the base station directly to the. VOIP box and no more problems

[@user-gl8wp5wy6r]

thise video very importanent

[@sylvesterclark5231]

Can you show how to repair a data jack?

[@DIYTelecom]

Hi Sylvester. Thanks for watching. I have another YT channel all about network and data. There’s a video over there called “connect cat6 cable to jack”. That should give you what you need. KZbin.com/NetworkAdvisor

[@westonhuffman7908]

Well, Only if the home Telephone is nescessary to activate a new cell phone unit (if you purchased a new prepaid cell phone unit).

[@80sfordguy]

Does anybody have a clue what the 8 wire colors and terminal locations are for 4 phone lines for going from 8 wire OLD color code to the NEW 4 pair color code??? I know the last four old colors are white blue grey and brown but, I can’t find any diagrams for proper termination of the old colors on the new green & white/green and brown & white/brown colors??? From what I’m told its 8 wire USOC color code converted to new 4 twisted pair color code using USOC pin out. My old house has 8 wire but the terminals aren’t marked and only 4 are used right now but, I’d like to use all 8 wired correctly. I know only this so far! Line 1: ring: old red to new blue, tip: old green to new blue/white Line 2: tip: old black to new orange/white, ring: old yellow to new orange Line 3: tip: old ????? to new green/white, ring: old ????? to new green Line 4: tip: old ????? to new brown/white, ring: old ????? to new brown

[@exodos2499]

5:13 haha I was gonna do dat

[@jm5434]

My house has commercial wiring for my phone Jack? It's an old house, my phone jack isn't working and I'm trying to set up my Wi-Fi I only hace one phone jack, it's a biscuit I tried to wire the light blue wire to the green and blue to the red but it's not working

[@jm5434]

I'm a plumber I'm way out my element lmao

[@gasman7558]

Thank you very much for your videos I learned a lot. My question is what would be the best and neatest way for me to terminate my phone lines going to my house? Its a older home with a crawl space so running wire isn't that difficult. I will be using cat5e wire. I want it to look clean and easy to work on if a problem comes up in the future. Again thank you very much and happy holidays.

[@lesliee2826]

5:36 ill be back

[@sirbobdesign]

note to self 5:55

[@osoivory]

use a phillips guys not a flat head make ur life simpler.... if every tech uses a flat head the screw will strip and then u need to install a wholeeeeeeeeeee new jack

[@jeridoconnor9412]

Can you grab those bear wires with your hands out side if its hot line to telaphone company if they are wet wont that shock you i have tryed to repare lines wonce before and i fray the wires with my mouth i know dum and it sbocked in the moulth

[@DIYTelecom]

Yes, the wires do have electric current on them if they are connected to the phone company. Do I touch them with my hands? Yes. But I definitely avoid any kind of wet contact which dramatically increases the conductivity of my skin. Also, if the phone happens to ring while working with the wires, the voltage jumps up and you will feel that! 😳

[@astromaddox1989]

Seems like a waste of material

[@jwelchpgh91]

Probably should learn this sorry ass Century link won't service in your home now due to " covid restrictions" or more like ...we don't want to support our dsl product but were happy to collect $$$ for it.

[@DIYTelecom]

Aww man. So frustrating. That’s crappy. Hope you can get something figured out Jody.

[@desertgirl30]

My current situation 😡

[@DIYTelecom]

Wow…. 😕. Is Verizon or Tmobile 5G home internet an option?

[@syahirahkm551]

Thank you!