I opened the phone jack and found a continuous wire ( uncut ) coming into the jack and going out. Inorder to install a phone jack do I cut the wire and then wire it up via color codes? The outlet is in a home build in the 1970's and this outlet has never been wired previouosly. Can you help as I would like to use this outlet?

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This should work for you.
Good luck.

Dude exact same thing happened to me... i just bought today my new charcharias and then there was like some wierd noice and then it just went off/black

The cord has two wires.
Use exacto knife or utility knife with sharp blade, slice the wire down the middle for about 2 inches.
Be careful and don't cut into the copper wire.
Now the two wires are separated, like each lane of a road going around a tree.
Cut one wire completely through. Leave the other wire continuous and uncut.
Which of the two wires do you cut?
Go back to the plug and notice that plug has two prongs. One prong is narrower. This prong carries voltage to the lamp, so technically and officially that is the wire to cut.
However you can unofficially cut either wire and it will work fine.
Open mini switch and there are two halves and one screw that tightens two halves together.

Notice inside the mini switch, there are two sharp brass points.
These brass points will penetrate through the wire insulation and into the copper when you reassemble the mini-switch.
So place your continuous wire in the open mini-switch. and place your two cut wires in place where the brass points will push down, you may have to trim one of the cut wires a bit shorter.
Then put the two mini-switch halves together and squeeze them together between fingers, and then tighten the screw.
That should do it.
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Possible that the wires to the connecting jack has snapped within and so the connection has cut off. You can confirm this by checking with a multimeter the continuity of the earpiece to the jack and if this shows a open connection , it is confirmed. replace or cut connection and solder to a new earphone jack.

It depends on the reason for the in use message on the line. It could be the phone or the wiring. To diagnose the problem, I like to use an old corded phone.

Plug a different phone into the jack (where the cordless base is); use a new telephone cord. Do you have a normal dial tone? If yes, try the cord with the cordless phone's base; if this doesn't solve the problem, then the problem is the phone. If the phone is bad and under warranty, contact Uniden. These phones are really not meant to be serviced by the user.

Otherwise, try the second phone at another extension. If you get a dial tone, then the problem may be the jack where the cordless phone's base is plugged in. Try the cordless phone and see if you still get the message.

If you didn't get a dial tone, find where the phone service comes in. If you have a new install, you will find that your service line uses RJ-11 jacks. Plug your second phone into the jack and check for dial tone. If the phone still doesn't work, call your phone company. There is a problem with the wiring to your location and they will fix it as part of providing the service. Otherwise, the problem is with the wiring inside your home.

For indoor wiring issues, check any exposed wires for damage. Open the wall plate and check for a loose wire. Some will terminate with screws - just loosen the screw, strip more of the strand wire's insulation if needed, wrap it around the screw and tighten carefully. Others will use a keystone jack. Open the cover (just lifts off) and check the strands. You may need to remove the wire, cut it back and strip a new section of the outer insulation. Then using a special tool push each strand fully into the appropriate slot (do not strip the strand insulation). This tool is sold in many hardware stores in the wiring section alongside the keystone jacks. A plastic version is included with many keystones.

If the wiring problem is deeper inside the walls, you may want a professional. Your telephone provider will do this for a fee.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells
(a few weeks ago, we had an open line due to mice eating the wires near the road. It wasn't the first time for the problem. We've also lost a dial tone due to a failed filter for the DSL after a lightning strike and when a road crew dug up the wire by accident.)

My telephone troubleshooting starts with an old corded phone as a test device. First, unplug the base unit and plug in the old phone. Do you get a dial tone? Try a new phone cord and check for a dial tone. If the new cord gives a dial tone, check if the cordless base unit gets a dial tone with that cable. If the cordless phone does not work and the older phone does, then the phone needs service. Do make sure the cordless phone base has power and that the handsets have good batteries (NiMH AAA) that are properly positioned. + up on the right hand side of the handset battery compartment and - up on the left. Do not touch the contacts on the handset or the ends of the batteries.

If you do not have a dial tone with the test phone, find where the phone service comes in. Open the service box and check how it connects. Newer service boxes use RJ-11 jacks (same as inside jacks) so plug your test phone in at that point. If it doesn't have this jack, there is a special connector that your phone company techs will have. Call and ask them to check the line. Do you have a dial tone? If no, call your phone company for service. If yes, then you have an interior wiring problem. Look at any exposed wiring for damage. Check if other phone jacks work. If only the one jack is not working, open up the outlet and look for a wire that has come loose or broken. Depending on the type of outlet, either strip some more of the insulation from the wire (if needed) and resecure it under the screw. For the other type of jack, you use a tool to press the wire into the jack (no need to strip the insulation). If the cover lifts off you can replace a loose wire. If the cover doesn't come off, then you would need to cut off the keystone and replace the entire keystone. (A plastic version of this tool will come with a keystone jack and better versions also sold separately at many hardware stores near where they sell other home wiring accessories.) Then replace the cover for the keystone. In either case, then retry with the test phone.

2 wire RJ-11 are pin 1 to position 3 and pin 2 to position 4. 4 wire adds pin 3 to position 2 and pin 4 to position 5. http://www.lanshack.com/wire_phone_jack.aspx has a picture with the current standard wire colors for the connections.

Any other problems that occur on both phones indicate a break in the wires in the wall.

Your phone company will service the problem for a fee.

I found the manual as a PDF: http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Phones-Fax/Telephones/Expandable-Systems/model.KX-TG1033S .

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

i think i would raise the whole thing up on jack stands and take a look at the bottom of the deck. do not start it of course, but the problem should be evident. 42 inch generally means only 2 blades which are cutting on the outside leaving you a mohawk. so something is blocking the grass from being cut in the center. if it is by chance a 3 blade deck , then something is wrong with the center blade, if it is there i would guess a broken key.

Pity that whoever did your remodel didn't give you a floor plan. In new construction, we make everything go to a central point. Old style was to loop everything through. It would be easy to tell, because you'd see the loops.

If you want to do this yourself, and save some money, give this a try.
The color code is that the green/red/black/yellow go to the jack. Hook all 4 wires (8 because you're going to hook both cables together to a jack) to the jack. Then, down the road, when someone has to add a second line they won't have to open this back up again. When it comes to the paired cable, look at the wires. One of the wires has more white than blue (White/Blue lead) and one has more Blue that white (blue/white lead) and so forth. You're going to be working with the blue pairs and the orange pairs, and spare out the green and brown pairs.

Strip the 4 remaining wires (the ends so they can go on the screw terminals) and connect them as follows:

White/Blue to Green Blue/White to Red White/Orange to Black Orange/White to Yellow.

If you're using Insulation displacement jack (the kind with caps where you push the wires into the slots), STOP! You're going to need more parts.

In the alarm system there was a jack called an RJ31X. This jack is suposed to have the line run from the teleco interface to it and then back out to the rest of the house(except for DSL, it stays ir front of the alarm jack). When the alarm jack was cut out the line bridge was eliminated. To make the line active find the wire that went to the alarm jack and and connect the red wire to the yellow wire and the green wire to the black wire. that should pass the line through to the remainder of the jacks in the house.

I had the same problem and I already found those recommended solutions\ causes on the web:
1. The motor isn't on full throttle.
2. The blade is upside down.
3. The grass is too high when cutting it.
4. Overlap your cuts.

It helped my problem/ I hope it will help yours too!