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Let the Christmas Bee teach you the Halloween telephone wiring code.
Why pay $$ for a new 2-line connector ? Just mod a no-namo in minutes.
Triplex 2-line connectors are handy for when you have two lines wired into one wall jack.
You can connect a 2-line phone to one jack, and also a single line caller-ID or other devices to lines 1 and 2.
The two pairs of phone wire are traditionally called the Christmas Pair (green and red) and the Halloween Pair (black and yellow).
Now green and red for the Christmas pair makes sense.
But tell me how black and yellow gets called the Halloween Pair ? Shouldn't it be the Bee Pair ?
The important part in phone wiring is to watch your polarity. Tip and Ring are the polarity names in the telephone game.
For Line 1, the Christmas pair, remember that Ring and Red both start with "R" so the Red wire is the Ring wire.
Now with Line 2, the Halloween pair, remember that a Bumblebee has yellow rings, so the Yellow wire is the Ring wire.
Don't get too bent out of shape about all this.
Remember to us geeks Halloween and Christmas are equivalent:
OCT 31 = DEC 25
Why pay $$ for a new 2-line connector ? Just mod a no-namo in minutes.
Triplex 2-line connectors are handy for when you have two lines wired into one wall jack.
You can connect a 2-line phone to one jack, and also a single line caller-ID or other devices to lines 1 and 2.
The two pairs of phone wire are traditionally called the Christmas Pair (green and red) and the Halloween Pair (black and yellow).
Now green and red for the Christmas pair makes sense.
But tell me how black and yellow gets called the Halloween Pair ? Shouldn't it be the Bee Pair ?
The important part in phone wiring is to watch your polarity. Tip and Ring are the polarity names in the telephone game.
For Line 1, the Christmas pair, remember that Ring and Red both start with "R" so the Red wire is the Ring wire.
Now with Line 2, the Halloween pair, remember that a Bumblebee has yellow rings, so the Yellow wire is the Ring wire.
Don't get too bent out of shape about all this.
Remember to us geeks Halloween and Christmas are equivalent:
OCT 31 = DEC 25
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Signing UpStep 1Triplex vs. Triplex
Most dollar store triplex RJ11 phone connectors are straight-through.
Straight-through just means each of the three jacks is the same.
Fancier 2-line triplex connectors split out Line 1, Line 2, and give you the original Line 1 & Line 2.
Straight-through just means each of the three jacks is the same.
Fancier 2-line triplex connectors split out Line 1, Line 2, and give you the original Line 1 & Line 2.
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