A complete guide to home cabling telstra corporation limited abn 33 051 775 556 issued 26082013 cabling of premises for telecommunications. This is the older style 610 socket very common in australia.
How To Wire A Phone Jack
Australian telephone socket wiring diagram. 20 important notes about wiring 2 wire sockets are connected together by only two wires. Conductor connection use quick connect crimps. The 610 socket accepts 603 605 or 606 plugs. In the telephone cable itself the a wire ve is white and the b ve is blue. A plug is male and a socket is female. The above wiring diagram is of a typical legacy ie.
Make sure you have the right type of socket. It is the very small connectors used to connect your telephone to the handset. Today were going to talk about phone sockets and phone cables. 2 wire sockets are all marked with a 2. The term to means the same as telephone socket in this context. The 605 plug has either 4 or 6 connectors mating with 610 611 or 612 sockets.
This is the older style female socket. This plugsocket combination is still in use in the majority of customer sites throughout australia. Rj 11 this plug and socket combination is not used for wall termination. It has 6 connectors with screw terminals used to terminate premises cable. One of these two wires is connected to a slot on one of the 3 way connectors. This is the bus wired or daisy chain method.
Obsolescent pstn telephone service with parallelled extensions in a customers premises. The term jack in the usa sometimes means both receptacle and plug and sometimes just the receptacle although in australia it means socket. The other wire is connected to a slot on the other 3 way connector.
Gallery of Australian Telephone Socket Wiring Diagram
