Any phone (Cat5) wiring experts?

[abcdefghi]

I am in the middle of building a new house, and have pulled Cat5 cable for the phone lines, these all come to a single point in the garage. I went to the local electrical supply store and told them I needed a terminal block for phone wires, and they gave me this:

http://www.icc.com/wiring-block-with-feet-100pair-p-841.html (http://www.vonage-forum.com/outgoing/out.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pY2MuY29tL3dpcmluZy1ibG 9jay13aXRoLWZlZXQtMTAwcGFpci1wLTg0MS5odG1s)

And a pack of 10 of these:

http://www.icc.com/connecting-block-4pair-10pk-p-861.html (http://www.vonage-forum.com/outgoing/out.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pY2MuY29tL2Nvbm5lY3Rpbm ctYmxvY2stNHBhaXItMTBway1wLTg2MS5odG1s)

But, I can't figure out exactly how I should run the Cat5 cable into the block. I can tell that on the connecting block it has colors for each pair in the Cat5 cable (I only intend to use blue, 1 line) so do I simply place my solid blue wire in one slot, my white/blue wire in another and then pinch that down with the connector block?

It looks fairly simply. but I can't see any metal on the wiring block to conduct anything. I feel like I am missing something really simple here.

The connector blocks and the wiring blocks have alternating high/low pegs (the colored pegs on the blocks are higher than the white pegs, on the wiring block they are all white, but still alternate high/low. Do I just make sure that all my solid colors are on a high peg, and the white+color is on a low peg?

The internet service will be provided by Cable internet, so I only need the 1 line hooked up as have no need for fax/DSL.
Thanks.

[Eddiecorrea]

I have done some CAT5 wiring. Actually quite a bit. But more towards the internet side of things. Those links dont work so its hard to tell what they gave you.

[Reefscape]

Neither links work for me...need to see exactly what you have before i can possibly help...

[abcdefghi]

Sorry about the links, go to www.icc.com (http://www.icc.com) and search for product IC110CB4PR and IC110WF100. I tried to go back and edit the first post, but don't think I can after any replies have been posted. I did some more searching around on Google and found that I can (I think) use these for phone wiring, I just want to be sure of where to put the wire before crimping it down.

Thanks.

[The Zigman]

Why did you use cat 5?
Phones use cat3 cable.
you only need 2 conductors, for a 1 line phone, the center two, red and green.

strip off a bit less than 1/2' of the outer insulation and insert the 2 wires you need into the 2 center slots and crimp it..
Not sure which color onto which slot for phones...

[abcdefghi]

Why did you use cat 5?


Most new homes now use Cat 5, I think its for future proofing, in my case I knew I could use it and was given 1000ft of cable :)

Just need to figure out the 110 punch down block.

[The Zigman]

do you have the punch down tool?
its just a junction block, stick as many wires as you like between the contacts, and punch them down...most jacks are color coded.

[abcdefghi]

do you have the punch down tool?
its just a junction block, stick as many wires as you like between the contacts, and punch them down...most jacks are color coded.

No punch down tool yet, going to pick one up next time I am near a Lowes.

[rithunder916]

But one that is spring loaded. Otherwise you'll be there all day trying to get the little ends off. Trust me, the better the tool, the happier you will be. i've wired many punch downs (i'm a network tech) and after a day of punching down with the 5 dollar tool, I threw it away. Get a good one!

[excuzzzeme]

With using a punchdown tool there is no need to strip wiring. As the wire slides into place the insulation is cut and contact is made. Stripping the wire leads to corrosion. Yes there is a correct color sequence for laying the wires to eliminate cross-talk.

By all means get a spring loaded punch down tool as mentioned.

It would have been better to use Cat2 and saved Cat6 for future use. Cat 5 is being replaced by 6.

[kamikaze_fish]

Ok, I've stopped reading after the cat3 comment and stripping etc.

I did cabling for 2 years and never will use cat3 for anything again. Use cat5e as it will provide more ability for expansion. Too much for a home? Yes, but so is realizing you want something better down the road. I've never had to tear out cat5 after running it but I've had several times for customers, had to pull out cat3 and put in cat5 because of one reason or another. I didn't see the pictures but I'm assuming you have a punch down block, should have 4 spots per row. Use the left side for your cat5 and the right side for your incoming phone line. The red/green pair is your active line from the phone company and the black/yellow or black/white is 2nd line if you have one. You'll want to connect the red/green to white-blue/blue and the black/yellow to the white-green/green. Ok, I think I just realized you're using a 110 wiring system and I'm referring to a 66 wiring system. I'm also used to commercial, not residential, but I have wired a few houses using commercial setups like this and they've worked out wonderfully.
I do agree with excuzzzeme that with a punchdown tool, there's no need to strip wiring. I'm actually working on recabling the building where I work as I type this.

[abcdefghi]

Thanks for all the replies, I think this should be pretty straightforward (which I originally thought it would be!) and I will be tackling the project at the weekend.

I technically don't have any incoming line from the phone company as we will be using VoIP. Hopefully I can be posting a reply to this in a few days saying it's a success.