Phone Wiring Color Code Book
Most phone wire installed in the u s.
Phone wiring color code book. The wire pair colors are blue orange green and brown. All of the cat 5 wire i ve seen uses the following color coding. The kind of wire shown above has recently become obsolete. In some uncommon situations one phase will have a higher voltage than the others.
Neutral neutral wiring should be white. In some jurisdictions all wire colors are specified in legal documents. In other jurisdictions only a few conductor colors are so codified. Color code one is the old solid color code.
During the second half of the 20th century is of the following kind. Newer homes can have anything from cat 3 3 pair on up to cat 5e with 4 pairs with the insulation colors being a combination of solid and solid with white for each wiring pair. Not used in new installations anymore pair one green and red used for phone line 1 pair two yellow and black used for phone line 2 pair three white and blue used for phone line 3 pair four brown and orange used for phone line 4 color code two is the new industry standard used today. Before that it had its own code for electrical wiring.
Hence the new color code is introduced. Also buy wiring materials and tools here. Cec color code for canada. Tip ring green.
Binder color pair range white1 600 red601 1200. This created a lot of problem. Wiring for ac and dc power distribution branch circuits are color coded for identification of individual wires. Phase 3 phase 3 wiring should be blue.
White red white black white yellow white violet red black red yellow red violet black yellow black violet yellow violet blue orange blue green blue brown blue slate orange green super unit binder colors for full color code s u. In that case local custom dictates the. Older telephone wiring was a basic cat 3 4 conductor or 2 pairs with red green black yellow. The old color code in uk until 2004 is shown below.
Uk started using the iec code from march 2014. For all new telephone wiring projects you should use cat 5 cable. Advice for home phone wiring and jacks with information about adding second or third line dsl and reference for wire color codes.