When one thinks of an antique telephone, the image of an old crank wall phone generally comes to mind. Since its invention in 1876 the telephone evolved along with the technology of the time.

British telephone sockets were introduced in their current plug and socket form on 19 November 1981 by British Telecom to allow subscribers to connect their own telephones.

Colour Chart for Telephone Wiring over CAT-5 cables (UK / US) If you haven’t already done so, check out Dr. Gadget’s Wiring Wizard, which may save you the need to get into this level of detail.

Notes: A domestic single line telephone installation will have one master socket which is provided by the service provider (B.T., cable company etc.).

Advice for home phone wiring and jacks with information about adding second or third line, DSL, and reference for wire color codes. Also buy wiring materials and tools here!

Telephone Wiring Pin Number Orientation. When looking at a telephone jack, Pin 1 is the left most pin. When looking at a telephone plug, Pin 8 is the right most pin.

My house was built in 1962 and it still has the original telephone wiring block. Although I have asked the telephone company to install a network interface device,

Doing your own telephone wiring. Note: this page describes the phone wiring conventions in the United States. I’m not familiar with the phone wiring conventions outside the U.S., so the information here may not apply in your country.

I just obtained an old rotary phone at a garage sale. I am working on hooking it up to an arduino project, and I was able to get the dial and hook switches figured out pretty easily.

Old antique telephone phone parts. Recievers, mouthpieces, cords, any thing you might need for your old telephone.