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Posted by Dave Combs on August 30, 2005, 2:14 pm
We have a room where the phone line is tacked just above the baseboard and
terminates in an external phone jack. Is there any reason I shouldn't cut
the line where it comes out of the wall (enters on the outside) and push the
wire back into the wall cavity?
Thanks
Dave
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Posted by MrC1 on August 30, 2005, 9:18 am
Only if you intend for that phone to still work.
haha
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> We have a room where the phone line is tacked just above the baseboard and
> terminates in an external phone jack. Is there any reason I shouldn't cut
> the line where it comes out of the wall (enters on the outside) and push
the
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> wire back into the wall cavity?
> Thanks
> Dave
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Posted by Todd H. on August 30, 2005, 10:04 am
> We have a room where the phone line is tacked just above the baseboard and
> terminates in an external phone jack. Is there any reason I shouldn't cut
> the line where it comes out of the wall (enters on the outside) and push the
> wire back into the wall cavity?
If it's a "spur" line, if you cut it off and tape the ends of the
conductors, it should be fine.
If however, it's "through wired" as I've seen before where the
installer strips insulation of the conductors without cutting them and
the line continues on to other jacks, this would affect more than just
that one jack.
It's easy to test this though by undoing the jack and removing the
wires from the 4 binding posts inside the jack, verifying everything
is okay in the rest of the house, and then cut it off. Just be sure
that when you cut it off you don't leave a way for those conductors to
short to each other.
You can order inside wire care from your phone company for a few
months just to hedge you bets in case you screw up. LOL...
Best Regards,
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 30, 2005, 3:24 pm
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>> We have a room where the phone line is tacked just above the baseboard
>> and
>> terminates in an external phone jack. Is there any reason I shouldn't
>> cut
>> the line where it comes out of the wall (enters on the outside) and push
>> the
>> wire back into the wall cavity?
Noooooooooooooooo !!!!! Don't do that. Cut the wire and separate the four
individual wires. Tape them apart so they can never touch.
I cut a line and just left it. Two years later, I had a phone problem and
could not find it. The forgotten cut line had the tiniest bit of corrosion
across the wires to cause an intermittent short. Stuff that line in a wall
and a few years from now you may have a problem and not easily trace it. Be
sure those wires are covered and APART.
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Posted by No on August 30, 2005, 2:48 pm
Yep, good advice
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>>> We have a room where the phone line is tacked just above the baseboard
>>> and
>>> terminates in an external phone jack. Is there any reason I shouldn't
>>> cut
>>> the line where it comes out of the wall (enters on the outside) and push
>>> the
>>> wire back into the wall cavity?
> Noooooooooooooooo !!!!! Don't do that. Cut the wire and separate the four
> individual wires. Tape them apart so they can never touch.
> I cut a line and just left it. Two years later, I had a phone problem and
> could not find it. The forgotten cut line had the tiniest bit of
> corrosion across the wires to cause an intermittent short. Stuff that
> line in a wall and a few years from now you may have a problem and not
> easily trace it. Be sure those wires are covered and APART.
>
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> terminates in an external phone jack. Is there any reason I shouldn't cut
> the line where it comes out of the wall (enters on the outside) and push