Connection Phone Socket Wiring Old Colours

In 2006 amendment 2 of 17 th edition bs7671 wiring regulations saw a change to harmonise the uk colours with the european cable colours for consistency and to avoid confusion.

Connection phone socket wiring old colours. The following pictures show the standard bt telephone wiring colour code used with the bt nte5 master socket. Please note you must use the correct inserter tool to push the wires in to the phone socket idc connectors. Black wire to black terminal.

Line 1 primary phone line. Orange wire to yellow terminal. Cat 3 or cat 5 cable.

Line 2 secondary line. Line 2 secondary line. Hi all i have run a telephone extension wire through my wall and to keep the hole small i have cut the plug off one end.

To make the wire connections loosen each terminal screw with a screwdriver. Blue wire to red terminal. It s important that properties get their wiring checked to see if the wiring colours are out of date have deteriorated over time and to check if they comply with bs 7671 wiring.

Similarily the socket used in the uk is a 6 way socket but is physically different and also wired differently. The master socket used in ireland accommodates a 6 way rj11 plug. The wiring instrutions that came with the socket state that it should be wired as.

Failing to do so will open the blades permanently damaging the connector. White with orange stripe wire to black terminal. Yellow wire to yellow terminal.