Telephone wiring is color-coded red, green, yellow and black. They are used in pairs for each phone line you have. Repairmen in fact refer to the wires in terms of pairs, so technically a standard four wire telephone line has two pairs.

What are the wires in a phone line?

The basics of phone line wiring is pretty easy to understand. Most telephone wire are one or more twisted pairs of copper wire. The most common type is the 4-strand (2 twisted pair). This consists of red and green wires, which makes a pair, and yellow and black wires, which makes the other pair.

How do I identify a telephone wire?

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What do telephone wire colors mean?

Each pair can be used as a phone line, so in this example you can use this cable for up to four phone lines. The primary color of the conductor is the first color listed, the second color is the tracer. As an example using the White/Blue conductor, white is the primary color and blue is the tracer.

How do you wire up a phone line?

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What phone wires does DSL use?

DSL uses different colored wires depending on the service. The DSL telephone service travels on a pair of cables that are traditionally purple and green. The DSL Internet service typically utilizes orange and white wires for CAT5 wiring. Older wiring for the DSL Internet service may be yellow and black.

How do I connect two phones to one line?

Its possible to use two phone lines without using a two line phone, but you have to either rewire your wall jacks or purchase a two-line splitter. These devices plug into a standard two-line jack and split the line, directing the first line to one jack and the second line to the other jack.