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Phone wiring question Steven Reynolds 04-28-2008
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Posted by Bill on April 28, 2008, 10:41 am
The phone jack you buy will have the little plastic punch down tool you
need.
The board you have is probably from HD, or Lowes.

>I purchased a new home three years ago and I wanted to add an additional
>phone jack. In my closet, there's the home "Media Center" behind a panel.
>I see that there is a mainboard with 10 terminals that leads to the phone
>jacks throughout the house, nine of which are in use, so I would like to
>tap into the 10th set of terminals. My question is how do I attach the
>phone wires to this type of terminal? Judging by the other wires already
>attached, it appears you just push the insulated wire down into the slot in
>which the insulation is pierced and held in place. I attempted this
>without success. Below is a link to a photo I have taken of this
>mainboard. I've asked around and nobody knows what I'm talking about and
>my home builder was no help at all and did not include manuals for
>do-it-yourselfers, rather "hire a qualified electrician." I would
>appreciate any help and thank you in advance. Please Cc me via e-mail as I
>don't always check news. My email is aa6t@sbcglobal.net
>
> Click this link to see the photo of the mainboard:
>
> http://trainweb.org/reynolds/photos/phoneboard.jpg
>
> Steve
> West Sacramento, CA
>



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Posted by Bob Eld on April 28, 2008, 11:31 am

> I purchased a new home three years ago and I wanted to add an additional
> phone jack. In my closet, there's the home "Media Center" behind a panel.
> I see that there is a mainboard with 10 terminals that leads to the phone
> jacks throughout the house, nine of which are in use, so I would like to
tap
> into the 10th set of terminals. My question is how do I attach the phone
> wires to this type of terminal? Judging by the other wires already
> attached, it appears you just push the insulated wire down into the slot
in
> which the insulation is pierced and held in place. I attempted this
without
> success. Below is a link to a photo I have taken of this mainboard. I've
> asked around and nobody knows what I'm talking about and my home builder
was
> no help at all and did not include manuals for do-it-yourselfers, rather
> "hire a qualified electrician." I would appreciate any help and thank you
> in advance. Please Cc me via e-mail as I don't always check news. My
email
> is aa6t@sbcglobal.net
>
> Click this link to see the photo of the mainboard:
>
> http://trainweb.org/reynolds/photos/phoneboard.jpg
>
> Steve
> West Sacramento, CA

If you don't have a punch down tool metioned in the above posts, you can use
two long nose pliers to push the wires into the terminals. With a long nose
in each hand simply grab the wire with each plier spacing them about 1/16
inch apart. Then push the wire down into the terminal slot with a plier on
each side of the tab until the wire is seated. The idea is to support the
wire on both sides of the terminal tab as it is punched down so the wire
doesn't bend out of place. There is no need to pre-strip the wires as the
terminal slots displace the insulation.

You can also simply solder the wires to the terminal tabs the traditional
way. That's what I would do.

BTW, these terminals are usually set up for 24 or 26 AWG solid copper wire.
Do not use stranded wire or wire of other gauges unless soldering.



Posted by Tomes on April 28, 2008, 5:46 pm

>
>> I purchased a new home three years ago and I wanted to add an additional
>> phone jack. In my closet, there's the home "Media Center" behind a
>> panel.
>> I see that there is a mainboard with 10 terminals that leads to the phone
>> jacks throughout the house, nine of which are in use, so I would like to
> tap
>> into the 10th set of terminals. My question is how do I attach the phone
>> wires to this type of terminal? Judging by the other wires already
>> attached, it appears you just push the insulated wire down into the slot
> in
>> which the insulation is pierced and held in place. I attempted this
> without
>> success. Below is a link to a photo I have taken of this mainboard.
>> I've
>> asked around and nobody knows what I'm talking about and my home builder
> was
>> no help at all and did not include manuals for do-it-yourselfers, rather
>> "hire a qualified electrician." I would appreciate any help and thank
>> you
>> in advance. Please Cc me via e-mail as I don't always check news. My
> email
>> is aa6t@sbcglobal.net
>>
>> Click this link to see the photo of the mainboard:
>>
>> http://trainweb.org/reynolds/photos/phoneboard.jpg
>>
>> Steve
>> West Sacramento, CA
>
> If you don't have a punch down tool metioned in the above posts, you can
> use
> two long nose pliers to push the wires into the terminals. With a long
> nose
> in each hand simply grab the wire with each plier spacing them about 1/16
> inch apart. Then push the wire down into the terminal slot with a plier on
> each side of the tab until the wire is seated. The idea is to support the
> wire on both sides of the terminal tab as it is punched down so the wire
> doesn't bend out of place. There is no need to pre-strip the wires as the
> terminal slots displace the insulation.
>
> You can also simply solder the wires to the terminal tabs the traditional
> way. That's what I would do.
>
> BTW, these terminals are usually set up for 24 or 26 AWG solid copper
> wire.
> Do not use stranded wire or wire of other gauges unless soldering.
>
This is what I have done, not using any special tool at all and it has
worked fine. I used only one long nose pliers and pressed on the other side
of the terminal with my finger. Then I snugged down the finger side with
the pliers.
Tomes


Posted by Steven Reynolds on May 5, 2008, 1:12 am
Bob,

> If you don't have a punch down tool metioned in the above posts, you can
> use
> two long nose pliers to push the wires into the terminals. With a long
> nose
> in each hand simply grab the wire with each plier spacing them about 1/16
> inch apart. Then push the wire down into the terminal slot with a plier on
> each side of the tab until the wire is seated. The idea is to support the
> wire on both sides of the terminal tab as it is punched down so the wire
> doesn't bend out of place. There is no need to pre-strip the wires as the
> terminal slots displace the insulation.

I used this method with two pairs of needle-nosed pliers and the wires
snapped right in place on the first try and the phone jack works great!
I'll probably never do this again, so I couldn't justify purchasing an
expensive tool I'd only use once.

> You can also simply solder the wires to the terminal tabs the traditional
> way. That's what I would do.

I thought of that too, but I was looking for something real quick and
simple.

> BTW, these terminals are usually set up for 24 or 26 AWG solid copper
> wire.
> Do not use stranded wire or wire of other gauges unless soldering.

That's right,. That Rat Shack wire looked a little thinner than the one
that builder used, but it all worked out. I needed a phone jack in my
closet to hook up an audio InStreamer, which is hooked to my scanner that is
scanning the railroad radio band to be broadcasted to the Internet. This
new device must be plugged directly into my router and since I have DSL, I
must have a phone jack in my closet without running telephone cord under the
carpet, etc. Besides, the router/DSL modem is better out of site from
everyone. If you or anyone you know is interested in trains, my broadcast
is at:

http://www.railroadradio.net/content/view/38/140/

Thank you again for the message and to everyone else who gave me great ideas
as well. I haven't posted to Usenet in many years and it has never let me
down yet.

Take care,

Steve



Posted by tim on April 28, 2008, 6:13 pm
$2g1.2136@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com:

> http://trainweb.org/reynolds/photos/phoneboard.jpg
>
>

That is known as a punchboard, and as such you need a 'punchdown
tool' to press the wires in properly. Head to your local Home
Depot/Lowes/Menards/Ace and look in the electrical/phone section.
They should have everything you need. In a pinch you can use a
couple of needlenose pliers but it doesnt work as well and you run
the risk of breaking off the wire. Make sure you either coil the
ends of the wires you are not punching down like the others are, or
just go ahead and punch down all four pair.
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