Which wires go where in a BT phone socket?

The quality of wiring carried out by many older BT wiremen is often approaching art in its perfection. This often has Orange, White, Green and Black wires. Usually (but not always) Orange and White are the active pair and go to connections 2 and 5 in the master socket.

What type of wire is used for telephone?

Most telephone wire are one or more twisted pairs of copper wire. The most common type is the 4-strand (2 twisted pair). This consists of red and green wires, which makes a pair, and yellow and black wires, which makes the other pair.

How do I wire a BT master phone socket?

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Is a telephone wire live?

A: Cable and phone wires dont carry current, so its safe to remove them. However, its critical not to cut into a power line, as you know. Find it by doing a Web search for the words “Pepco equipment responsibility.” The wire to your house is Pepcos responsibility; past the weather head, its yours.

Are telephone wires still used?

No. Do you still need your landline telephone? The number of U.S. phone lines peaked at 186 million in 2000. Since then, more than 100 million copper lines have already been disconnected, according to trade group US Telecom.