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Re: [ECS] Phone wire? Dan Carrington Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:13:25 -0800

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Old times had four wires.  Now days, they only need 2.  Many wiring jobs use 4
as a standard to allow two phone lines and extra wires for backups.  I guess
some only add two wires at which point you can only have one phone line on that
jack as is.

> Tom Hutchins wrote:
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> Anyone know how many wires should there be going to the phone jack? I picked
> up a new jack and the directions indicate connections for 4 wires but I only
> have 2 at each jack.
> 
> Tom

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