How To JOIN or REPAIR A TELEPHONE CABLE

If you are wondering how to join a telephone cable, let this video be a guide to you. This will show you how to extend a telephone cable using 2 cables, or move an existing cable or help you repair a damaged telephone cable without having to pay an expensive call out fee to your telephone service provider.

Tools You Will Need:

Jelly Crimp Method

1x Cable Cutting Tool - Utility knife or Stanley blade
1x Side cutters
1x Jelly Crimp Tool

Materials you will need:

Jelly Crimps
Telephone Cable

Step By Step Guide:

1) Using Utility Knife, make a small incision around telephone cable and remove outer jacket. Be careful not to penetrate into the inside pairs.
2) If you cable has it included and you have enough spare cable, pull the drawstring to reveal virgin section of cable.
3) Separate cable pairs and individual cables.
4) Insert the cables to wish to join into the jelly crimp, usually the same colors and usually colors blue, orange and white and blue cable.
5) With Jelly crimp tool compress the top of the plug so that it squeezes down onto cable, a small amount of grease should be released from the jelly crimp.

Junction Box Method


1x Cable Cutting Tool - Utility knife or Stanley blade
1x Side cutters
1x IDC Krone Punch down Tool

Materials you will need:

Telephone Cable
Telephone Junction box

Step By Step Guide:

1) Using Utility Knife, make a small incision around telephone cable and remove outer jacket. Be careful not to penetrate into the inside pairs.
2) If you cable has it included and you have enough spare cable, pull the drawstring to reveal virgin section of cable.
3) Separate cable pairs and individual cables.
4) Insert the cables to wish to join into the junction box, usually the same colors and usually colors blue, orange and white and blue cable with terminals 2,3,5 used respectively.
5) With the Krone tool punch down each of the cables you wish to join.
6) repeat this process for the other side of the cable.
7) Screw down lid of the junction box.

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