Materials Needed to Install a Phone Jack

Part of the Video Series How to Install a Phone Jack

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Learn what materials are needed to install a phone jack or outlet in this free do it yourself video on installing a new phone jack line.

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Posted by innermoppet on Thursday, 01 May, 2008 at 9:31 AM

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What do you call the wall mount thing? He skimmed right over that. I have been searching and searching for one of those with the wings for installing in paneling and no one knows what I'm talking about!

Posted by jeromep on Sunday, 24 June, 2007 at 8:14 AM

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I downloaded flash but still cannot see the video?

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Materials Needed to Install a Phone Jack
Hi, I am Drew Fendy here today to demonstrate how to install a jack for your telephone for ExpertVillage.com. Now we are going to talk about the equipment that you need to install your phone jack. We have a choice if it is just going to be a regular telephone, use a Cat 3 type wire, if you are going to use your internet on it, it is more money but I would buy a Cat 5 cable, which you are going to have a lot less noise on it. We can install a flush mounted jack into the wall; this is a dual one you can get it with a single or a dual. Or we can surface mount it and when you buy these make sure that you are not getting just the cover. This is what we are going to insert into the wall and later wire this into it. And these staples we will need to secure the cabling if there is any surface cabling.

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