You only need two. The inside two. Usually red and green - outside pair
are yellow and black. Hook the inner 2 wires up. Does phone work? If
yes, great. If not, swap the wires. It will work then.
At 00:19 2/14/2000 , Phil Ethier was inspired to say:
>OK, so I hung the telephone up in the shop. I have several low-voltage
>wires buried from the house. I need to hook some of them up for telephone.
>I seem to recall that you only need two wires to run a telephone. Trouble
>is, I can't remember which two wires!
>
>Lets see, the four wires on a standard phone are for:
>
>SIGNAL
>GROUND
>DIAL LIGHT
>?
>
>Of course I don't remember which function is on which color wire.
>
>Can you all help me out here?
>
>ADthanksVANCE
>
>Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
>1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
>LOON, MAC
>pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
>
Cheers!
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