Summary: Learn how to add a telephone extension, install the first extension socket, install multiple extension sockets, run an extension sockets via a joint box, and troubleshoot a faulty connection.
The conductors are connected by pushing the conductors into brass blade terminals with a cable connector tool held as shown.
To run more than one extension from a single socket, you can run a cable from the converter at the master socket to a telephone joint box. As many as three extensions plus the cable from the master socket can be connected to the joint box.
The conductors are connected to the terminals in the joint box in the same way as described except they are in a line down the sides and not on the left and right as before.
If the newly connected telephone is not working carry out the following checks:
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