[colug-432] Phone Line Connections

[Rob Funk]

On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 05:30:05 PM Tom Cranston wrote:
> I am connecting 5 phone recepticles in different parts of
> the house to my phone line. The line coming from the box on
> the outside of the house has four wires, red, green, black,
> yellow. The l9ines coming from the different recepticles
> have the same. Bare ends under the house. I cut open a
> phone cord used from the recepticle to the phone it has
> only 2 wires, Re and green. What are black and yellow for?

Black and Yellow are for a second phone line what Green and Red (respectively) 
are for the first one.

> I am using a Barrier strip to connect all the lines to the
> wire coming from the phone companies box. Seems like all I
> need is to connect the red to red and green to green and
> leave the others unconnected.

Yes, if you have only one phone line. But it's a good idea to connect the 
black and yellow wires throughout the house in case you get a second line 
sometime. (My second line inside the house ended up being very useful for 
DSL.)

http://www.google.com/search?q=phone+wiring+red+green+black+yellow