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

And a pack of 10 of these:

http://www.icc.com/connecting-block-4pair-10pk-p-861.html

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 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.