Hi, i have some 6 core phone wire but i am confused with the colours.

I wana install a few points around the house, however the cable i have is not what i am used to. I heard its new colours or such.

I have 6 core flat cable with the following colours.

Orange, Blue, Red, Green, White and Black

No stripes, they are solid colours all throughout the cable.

I am used to dealing with cables with stripes like white and orange, orange blue and white and blue but this cable doesnt havet hat.

Any help would be greatful

thanks

Does not really matter, pick any colour you want as long as you use the same colour at each connector.

e.g. if you use blue for pin 2 and white for pin 5 make sure use the same at each extension.

sounds like its alarm cable mate. will be fine for telecoms though, like was said above just keep the colours the same

thanks guys, i wasnt sure if it would matter or not cos they look the same thickness.

great site this is tho, get all the advice n help every1 needs

on the reel, it says "6 core telephone cable"

With those colours it is more likely intended to be used to make up an extension cable for the phone instrument. Something like this lead from Maplin. A cable intended to hard wire extension sockets would normally use twisted paired cables, one solid colour and one with a white stripe (or colour/white stripe and white/colour stripe). Normally with 2 (Blue, Orange) or 4 pairs, (add Green and Brown).

The difference between them might extend to more than the colours used however. Your cable may use stranded wires whereas "normal" phone cable uses solid core wire. Solid core is better for the IDC connectors used inside the phone socket as the connections tend to be a bit more secure.

Worst case is if the cable is the "tinsel" variety. So called because that is what it resembles. A thin ribbon of metal woven round string. A real pain in the wotsits to solder and almost useless for IDC termination because it simply isn't solid enough. Only advantage of it is it is very flexible, just a royal pain to work with

http://i23.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/b4/bf/a142_1.JPG

thats the pic of the cable there

Looks like it is for phone instrument extension leads. Mind you it will do the same job as the "proper" installation cable.

If memory serves (only a few working brain cells left ) red and white are used for the line pair. But as long as you stick to any two colours throughout you should be OK

Thanks chris - like i said earlier, im used to dealing with the stripped cable and white but i got that on a (very) good deal so can't moan lol