Telephone Wiring Help

[Sharanne]

Hi (from a newbie),
I have recently moved into a house that has a telephone black cable coming into the hall which has a green, orange, black, grey and 3 red wires. This seems to have originally been connected via plastic crimps to something.
There is a cable coming from the socket that you plug a phone and broadband router into this cable is not connected to anything, this cable has red, green black and yellow wires.
I have connected the green wires and the red and orange wires from both cables which I thought should have given me a connection. I then connected the two black wires (with crimps) and this gave me a broadband signal (I do not have a telephone).
My problem is that the signal keeps dropping- I know it is probably my wiring but I do not know where to go from here. As I am not an eircom customer a technician will cost c. €100.
I am a novice at this and will willing take advise from people with more knowledge.

 

[JohnJay]

As far as I remember, telephones only use 2 wires. It depends on the socket, but they usually use the red and green wires

 

[SparkRite]

Hi (from a newbie),
I have recently moved into a house that has a telephone black cable coming into the hall which has a green, orange, black, grey and 3 red wires. This seems to have originally been connected via plastic crimps to something.
There is a cable coming from the socket that you plug a phone and broadband router into this cable is not connected to anything, this cable has red, green black and yellow wires.
I have connected the green wires and the red and orange wires from both cables which I thought should have given me a connection. I then connected the two black wires (with crimps) and this gave me a broadband signal (I do not have a telephone).
My problem is that the signal keeps dropping- I know it is probably my wiring but I do not know where to go from here. As I am not an eircom customer a technician will cost c. €100.
I am a novice at this and will willing take advise from people with more knowledge.

Ok, forget about the three red "wires", they are not conductors (and should not be used as such) but rather they are
steel strappers/strengtheners for the cable to be capable of over head suspension.

Now of the remaining 2 pair, the primary pair is orange/white with the backup (secondary) pair being the green/black.

Coming from the socket, the normal pair used should be yellow/black, this is easily checked by opening the
socket and seeing what pair are connected to L1 and L2.
Then connect that pair to the orange/white of the incoming cable and all should be OK, if not then try the same pair to
green/black. Be aware that DSL will "work", albeit intermittently and slowly over one wire

Are you sure that the incoming cable is "live" and active?