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Pity the poor phone line.
Few things have had to pick up the slack to take us
into the information age like telecommunications. So
it's not unusual to find answering machines, fax
machines, and computer modems sharing space with
telephones on our ever-stretched phone lines. No
wonder we need new extensions just about everywhere.
Fortunately, the four- or eight-conductor
bell wire you'll run to get them is a breeze to work with. |
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 Locate a
telephone junction box in your basement or other utility
area. Remove the junction-box cover. Use cable staples to
anchor one end of the cable to a framing member near the
junction box, leaving 6 inches to 8 inches of excess
cable. |
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 Run the
cable from the junction box to the new telephone outlet
location. Keep the cable at least 6 inches away from any
electrical wiring to avoid signal interference. If you're
fortunate enough to be working on new construction, mark
the floor so the cable will be easy to locate later (as
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 At each
cable end, remove about 2 inches of the outer sheathing.
Then strip about 3/4 inch of insulation from each wire
using a combination tool. |
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 Connect the
wires to similarly colored terminals in the new
phone-outlet jack. If there are extra wires, just tape
them to the back of the jack. Fit the telephone jack over
the wall cutout, and screw it to the wallboard. |
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 At the
telephone junction box, connect the cable wires to the
color-coded screw terminals. If there are extra wires,
wrap them with tape and tuck them inside the junction box.
Reattach the junction-box cover. |
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