How To Install A Phone Jack Yourself

Program your wiring installation

Plan Your Installation

Plan your within wire installation by following these steps:

Determine your present and future needs. This volition bear upon the choice of wire (2-, iii- or 4-pair twisted wire) that you will employ. Bell recommends using a high-quality wire if you intend to install high-speed Internet.

Iii-pair wire is the standard wire used by Bell for unmarried-line installations. 3 pairs of wire mean that you can easily add 2 additional telephone services (two separate numbers) in the future.
Decide where you want to install jacks to plug in phones or other equipment, such every bit modems, televisions or fax machines.
Go on in listen that each location should be:
- Hands accessible
- Protected from possible impairment by normal activities or furniture
- Free from dampness (basement floors, exterior walls) or extreme rut
Make up one's mind the safest and easiest road to run the telephone wiring.
Have the following tools at hand
- Standard slot screwdriver
- Small Robertson screwdriver (green handle)
- Needle-olfactory organ pliers
- Wire cut/stripping tool
- Stapler (rounded staple type)

Brand sure you lot as well include the right type of wire in your installation plans.

Locate hugger-mugger Bell cables

Locate undercover Bell cables

To accept Bell cables located on your property, call:
In Ontario : ane 800 400-2255 or visit http://world wide web.on1call.com/
In Quebec : ane 800 663-9228 or visit http://www.info-ex.com

Cable locating services are now offered by outside firms that are authorized Bell agents. Technicians from these firms volition non arrive in Bong vehicles.

If you're doing a construction project that involves digging, consider what telephone cables might be buried in the footing. Check cablevision locations earlier putting in fence posts, planting a tree, or excavating for a pool, deck or a new addition.

Locate the network interface device

What is a network interface device?

The network interface device (NID) defines the point at which yous become responsible for the telephone wiring within your home. Bell Canada is responsible for providing and maintaining service upwardly to the point of the NID.

The NID is important because it contains something called a demarcation jack that is on the part of the line outside your home (the location of this jack is the demarcation point for which Bell is responsible). You can use this jack to test your telephone line.

Finding the NID and demarcation jack

The NID is mostly a grey box on the outside of your home. If the wiring was installed in your dwelling house earlier 1988, and then you will probable have a grey or black telephone protector box located inside your abode, and the demarcation jack volition be located within 1 metre of this box.

In a multi-unit of measurement or multi-storey building (such as an flat building), the demarcation bespeak is at the master jack (the first betoken of entry) inside each unit. The main jack will be labelled Demarcation or Verification.

In most business premises, the demarcation point is located where the Bell network enters each commercial or office space.

Install the wiring

There are two bones ways to install phone wiring:

Concealed wiring inside walls, as in the case of a new construction or renovation;
Visible wiring, normally attached along the baseboard, every bit in existing buildings where the walls and floors are finished.

Concealed wiring tips

Employ 3-pair wire for concealed installation. This volition brand it easier to connect additional telephone services to your home or business in the future.
Use standard flush-mounted baseboard or wall jacks, since they fit a standard electrical outlet box.

Concealed wiring should exist installed prior to the walls being covered by insulation and drywall.
Install standard outlet boxes to concur the jacks. Attach these boxes securely to a stud inside the wall at the same level every bit an electrical outlet or low-cal switch (for wall-mounted phones).
Plan your wiring route to avoid possible damage from future construction, rubbing, overheating, dampness or contact with ability wires.
Start a new wiring run for each jack location (or see continuous loop pick).
Every run of wire should start at the demarcation betoken or, if phone service has never been installed at your location, at a point close to the main electrical panel. A customer distribution device, or connector block, should be installed at this location.
Leave approximately 1 metre (3 feet) of wire hanging at the demarcation point. You lot will make the connections later.
Run the wire through holes drilled in wall studs and flooring joists to achieve each location where y'all plan to install a jack.
At each jack location, leave approximately xxx cm (12 inches) of wire coiled upward inside the electrical box.
Repeat steps 4 through eight for each jack location.

Visible wiring tips

Ii or three-pair wire can be used for visible installations. Depending on the brand of wire you buy, y'all might decide to utilize 2-pair wire since information technology may be easier to secure and volition look better.

Apply standard baseboard jacks, since they can be secured easily to any baseboard and are slightly smaller than a flush mounted jack.

Offset at the point where y'all intend to install a telephone jack.
Go out at least 30 cm (12 inches) of extra wire at the planned location of the jack.
Leave at to the lowest degree i thou (3 feet) of extra wire at the demarcation indicate.
Fasten the wire to the baseboard and mouldings using a staple gun (Bell recommends utilize of rounded staples to avoid damaging the wire). Pull the wire straight (merely practise non stretch information technology) before installing each staple.

Be careful non to drive staples or clips through the wire. If this occurs, discard the entire section of wire and start once more.

Do not run wire forth the floor or under carpets. Normal activity such every bit walking can damage the wire and cause it to break.

Do not run wire inside or near heating ducts or vents. Heat can cause wire to become breakable and pause.

Avert installing wiring in damp or wet areas such as bathrooms, along basement floors and outside walls. (CSA requires that phone jacks in bathrooms must be a minimum of four m abroad from a bathing area.)

Keep wire at least 15 cm (five inches) from electrical wires, fixtures and lights. Electrical circuits can cause noisy interference on your telephone line.

Do not wrap wire around nails, hooks or other sharp objects. This can cause habiliment on the wire over fourth dimension.

Wiring options

Since the wire is visible, yous may not want to install private runs of wire from each jack to the demarcation point. An selection is to run wire from a selected jack location to another jack or to a conveniently located wire bridging device (connector block). This method is referred to as a continuous loop (see Figure 2).

We don't recommend the continuous loop installation. We recommend the home-run method, which uses private runs of wire from each jack to the demarcation indicate. Installing the wiring this mode simplifies repairs if in that location is a problem and permits greater flexibility if you decide in the future to change the location or telephone number working on a jack (see Figure 3).

Connect the wires

CSA-canonical telephone wire is colour-coded to aid yous connect the proper wires:

Using a wire stripping tool, remove about 10 cm (4 inches) of the exterior plastic sheath (usually beige or grey) that bundles the wires together. Exist careful not to nick insulation or cut the wires below the sheath.
Using a wire stripping tool, remove well-nigh 3 cm (1 inch) of the plastic insulation from each of the coloured wires to expose the copper equally shown in the diagram (see Figure iv).

Fasten the jack casing deeply to the wall or baseboard using the advisable metal or wood screws. Pull the wire through the opening in the jack casing (see Figure five).

Friction match each coloured wire to the appropriate concluding on the jacks as shown in the diagrams.
Ensure that no copper wire is touching any exposed metallic inside the jack or electrical box.
Ensure that all connections are secure.
Place the jack cover over the casing and either snap or screw it into place.

At the demarcation point

Strip the wire sheath and coloured wires the aforementioned way you did for the jacks.
Connect the wires that come from each jack location to the wire distribution device that's located near the demarcation jack. Exist sure to match the colours correctly (see Figure half dozen).

If your business firm is equipped with a network interface device (NID) exterior the building, yous will have to run the wires outside of the house or office to connect them to this device. Nosotros recommend drilling a hole with a downward angle towards the outside. Use a masonry or regular wood drill depending on where y'all drill the hole.

Run the wires through the pigsty out to the device and get out at least 1 grand (3 feet) of wiring outside. Fill the hole with some sealant to avoid water leaks or whatsoever intrusion of insects. To connect the wires to the NID, follow the instructions printed inside its front panel.