"quad" phone wire - 11/30/09 01:21 PM
I know that this is not really a 1A2 question, but I do not really know where else to put it. Sorry in advance!
I was wondering if anyone still makes the 18 gauge 'quad' telephone wire with the gray jacket. I remember that when the phone man came to install an extension, that they took their time doing the work, did a first rate job cleaned up any mess they made and always used this heavy, gray quad wire with the red-green-yellow-black. I also remember one such installer telling me that the yellow-black pair was used mostly in residences for powering the light in princess phones.
Wouldn't this wire be too large a guage to punch in a connecting block? Or did Ma Bell only use this particular wire with screw terminals? If this is still made, does anyone know where to find it? Google was not my friend when I looked for it...
Just curious.
Thanks,
Joe
I was wondering if anyone still makes the 18 gauge 'quad' telephone wire with the gray jacket. I remember that when the phone man came to install an extension, that they took their time doing the work, did a first rate job cleaned up any mess they made and always used this heavy, gray quad wire with the red-green-yellow-black. I also remember one such installer telling me that the yellow-black pair was used mostly in residences for powering the light in princess phones.
Wouldn't this wire be too large a guage to punch in a connecting block? Or did Ma Bell only use this particular wire with screw terminals? If this is still made, does anyone know where to find it? Google was not my friend when I looked for it...
Just curious.
Thanks,
Joe