2-conductor
splicer
Economy butset - Checks dial tone, polarity,
power, tone
tracing.
Almost a complete
butset.
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DO NOT PUT A
SPLICED CABLE WITHIN
A WALL OR ANY PLACE WHERE
THE
SPLICE
IS NOT READILY ACCESSIBLE |
Telephone Distribution
Module
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By
terminating
all
your
wire
pairs
on
the
block,
you
are
ready
for
any
kind
of
phone
system,
in
particular
for
hybrid
PBX
phone
systems.
A
hybrid
phone
system
is
one
that
uses
either
standard
single-line
phones
or
proprietary
phones
from
the
manufacturer.
You
will
most
likely
install
single-line
standard
phones
(lower
cost)
which
will
only
use
the
first
pair
of
wires
(white/blue)
of
each
cable.
However,
you
are
prepared
to
add
proprietary
(sophisticated)
phones
any
time
later
wherever,
all
your
wires
having
already
been
in
place.
That
is
why
it
is
better
to
dedicate
a
pair
of
terminals
of
your
junction
block
to
each
set
of
wire
pairs
of
your
cables,
don't
let
the
excess
pairs
unhooked.
If
you
install
a
regular
telephone
intercom
system,
you
will
need
to
cross-connect
only
the
terminations
of
the
block
to
which
the
in-house
extension
cables
are
attached
(same
colors
together).
If
you
are
going
to
install
multi-line KSU-less
intercom
phones
or
a
plug-and-play
telephone
intercom
system,
you
will
need
to
cross-connect
the
telco
line
clips
of
the
terminal
block
to
the
in-house
extension
clips.
You
must
use
the
punch-down
tool
to
insert
terminations
of
wires
within
the
clips
of
the
M
block. Avoid splicing your cables. If you
must splice two wires, use professional splicers that will give you secure and durable
splice contacts. Don't peel and twist the wires. Splicers are easy to use and will save
you headaches down the road.
Make
sure
your
CAT5
wires
are
not
mixed
with
electrical
wires.
There
must
be
a
separation
of
at
least
6
inches
in
any
direction.
This
is
to
avoid
noise
on
your
CAT5
lines.
Let us quickly say
a word about wall outlets and wire color codes. Beware that there is a standard for phone
and data wires which dictates the connection order of the wires. This order is:
1.- white/blue
2.- white/orange
3.- white/green
4.- white/brown
5.- white/slate
If you stumble on any connector or any cable with wires colored in black, yellow,
red and green, beware that green/red is the first pair and black/yellow, the second pair.
You will find it a lot easier to perform your wiring if you follow the standards. In
addition, it will be a lot easier for anyone else later (low voltage technician) to troubleshoot
any problem and follow through the wiring. Be sure that running wires without
complying to the standards will become a nightmare rather sooner
than later. Note that a line tester (like the economy
butset) will come very handy
when working with phone wires. Helps quickly troubleshoot any problem.
Now let it be said that
if you don't want to deal with an M Block to aggregate your wiring,
you can certainly use a
Telephone
Distribution Module which offers instead of bare wire
terminals complete phone jacks and
may make everything quite simpler. Use any that offers the total
amount of jacks that your installation requires plus some extras. Be
prepared to use a crimping tool to crimp phone plugs to your cable
terminations so you can snap them into the module and to also probably
spend a couple more bucks. Lastly when you hook up wires to the plugs
for crimping, there is also an order to follow: it is from center to
sides, your first pair goes to the two center terminals of the RJ
plug, and so forth until your last pair which goes to the two
outermost terminals of the plug.
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than suggestions to potential users. It may change to offer suggestions that best fit
usage and new wiring methods. You are under no obligation to follow these
advice. Quantometrix, Inc. cannot be held liable
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