I have a jack for a phone hookup so I can have extension in room. What wires do I connect (color)?

The phone company said I can now do this. I unhooked black and yellow from previous number but don%26#39;t know what colors to hook back up.

Answer:

Since this is an extension phone, just open the box of your main phone and look to see which wires are used. Use the same ones. Usualy the Red %26 Green are used. red/green or blue(white)/white(blue) are usually connected together for line 1... you may only have green/red if your wiring is older...

yellow/black or orange(white)/white(orange) are usually connected to line 2... again if your wiring is older it may only have yellow/black

as long as you connect to the wires at the NID, or from the jack you are extending the dial tone from, and connect the same color at either end of the wire, it doset really matter it will work, just following the color code will make it easier to troubleshoot in the future

unless there is no other choice try not to "split" the pair by using green/yellow, or green/black or red/black or red/yellow. the wires are in twisted pairs, and if you "split" the pairs you increase the risk of reciving an induction trouble,

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