ken@hrpd3.UUCP (K.COCHRAN) (08/16/85)
I am having a house built, and am planning to do the wiring for the telephones myself. Does anyone know where I can get the necessary materials, instructions etc inexpensively! Also does anyone have any suggestions of things I might build into the house that would be useful later on ( eg conduit for stereo wires etc ) Any helpful suggestions will be gratefully received. Thanks, Ken Cochran hr1ar!ken hrpd3!ken
rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (08/17/85)
[] If I were you I would check with the local phone company before I went too far in doing it myself. Some years ago a NJBell installer told me they (the installers) would refuse to work on any phones in a home not wired by them. Of course this was long before divestiture, but to check would not hurt. I know another lad who had quite a time with NJB over the same thing even though he used WeCo parts and followed all the right practices more religiously than real telco installers do. Lets hope those days are gone forever. -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts!" Dick Grantges hound!rfg
brown@nicmad.UUCP (08/19/85)
In article <284@hrpd3.UUCP> ken@hrpd3.UUCP (K.COCHRAN) writes: > >I am having a house built, and am planning to do the wiring >for the telephones myself. Does anyone know where I can get >the necessary materials, instructions etc inexpensively! As for wire, cheap 2 pair is available from Radio Shack, etc. But, I would suggest that you go to a local telephone supplier and get 4 pair wire and loop that throughout the house. 24 guage wire will do. As for instructions, check to local book stores, they may have something on wiring phones. I learned phone wiring from practical experience. If you so desire, I can tell you via e-mail what wire colors go where. Let me know. -- Mr. Video {seismo!uwvax!|!decvax|!ihnp4}!nicmad!brown
heneghan@ihu1m.UUCP (Joe Heneghan) (08/19/85)
> I am having a house built, and am planning to do the wiring > for the telephones myself. Does anyone know where I can get > the necessary materials, instructions etc inexpensively! You can buy wiring materials almost anywhere including your local AT&T phone store. The directions are on the back of the package when you buy from AT&T and the quality is generally better. > Also does anyone have any suggestions of things I might build > into the house that would be useful later on ( eg conduit for > stereo wires etc ) My neighbor wired his stereo so he had speakers in his living room on the first floor and the stereo itself and speakers in the basement before the drywall was installed. Radio Shack sells wall plates and such connectors if desired. You may also want to install your TV/FM antenna at this time. Joe Heneghan
ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) (08/20/85)
In article <1304@hound.UUCP> rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) writes: >[] >If I were you I would check with the local phone company before I >went too far in doing it myself. Some years ago a NJBell >installer told me they (the installers) would refuse to work on >any phones in a home not wired by them. Of course this was long before >divestiture, but to check would not hurt. I know another lad who >had quite a time with NJB over the same thing even though he used >WeCo parts and followed all the right practices more religiously than >real telco installers do. Lets hope those days are gone forever. Around here, at least, the situation is now this: All of the wiring within the house is the property of the homeowner (the telco-installed wiring *used* to belong to the telco - they charged for installing it, but not for ownership; in preparation for divestiture they *gave* all the wiring to the owners of the buildings), and it's the homeowner's responsibility to ensure that it works, i.e. they'll charge for repairing it if the wiring is found to be at fault - they may even charge for the time to locate the problem. As far as recommendations go, I suggest wiring with the largest number of pairs you can afford. 25-pair cable is common and will probably hold you for a long time. The telco folks will know how to deal with it, since it's a common phone item. Whatever wires they don't use, ou can use for whatever you want - intercom buzzers, low-voltage lighting, etc. I'd also wire the *entire* house with TV coax - from some central point (in a closet somewhere that will have space for equipment and work at a later date) to every place in the house that you might want either a TV or stereo. Then, if you hook up to cable, or just want to distrubute the signal from your own antenna, you'll have the wiring in place. Wire for stereo speakers isn't a bad idea either, but if you like the kind of wire I do you can't afford to do much with it. If you'll be considering remote speakers, either in a less-than-best-sound configuration (or you're one of those folks who thinks that I'm crazy to spend all my money on speaker wire) then do it. Be sure to use heavy enough wire - 14 gauge at least, maybe 12 gauge. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146 "A man of quality is not threatened by a woman of equality."
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (08/22/85)
> > I am having a house built, and am planning to do the wiring > for the telephones myself. Does anyone know where I can get > the necessary materials, instructions etc inexpensively! > ATT will go out of their way to help you. You can always pick up the advice there and then go to radio shack or some discount hardware store for the material. -Ron