Re: Phone wiring question

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:28:03 GMT, "Steven Reynolds" <aa6ot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:"S. Barker" <ichasetrains@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
:news:3vednYtim_SkE4vVnZ2dnUVZ_tyknZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
:> What you need is a 110 punchdown tool. They have them at the big box
:> stores.
:
:Wow, all I can say is THANK YOU to everyone! I never thought I'd get this
:many responses. I will see if I can find a punchdown tool, but maybe I'll
:try using the two sets of pliers first. I only have two wires to seat and
:punchdown tools are quite expensive. What I'm doing is setting up a phone
:jack in my closet in order to move my DSL modem and router into the closet,
:out of site from everyone. I've gotten enough "contact" from two wires to
:hear a dialtone, but the wires were not seated very well and fell out
:quickly, but at least I know the slot is active. I just need to get the
:wires in the slots.
:
:Thanks again for all the great posts!
:
:Steve
:


Since you are not likely to be doing this often you don't really need an
expensive punchdown tool such as some of those suggested. For one-off use you
can do quite well with a cheap item such as
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=1408&sku=03787
.