Question: What wires go where in a phone socket?

What wires should be connect in a BT phone socket?

The quality of wiring carried out by many older BT wiremen is often approaching art in its perfection. This often has Orange, White, Green and Black wires. Usually (but not always) Orange and White are the active pair and go to connections 2 and 5 in the master socket.

Where do the wires go in a socket?

The Brown (Live) wire (br = bottom right) goes into the hole on the right, connected to the fuse (which should be clipped in). The green and yellow wire is the earth wire, and goes through the middle up to the hole in the top.

How do you wire a household plug?

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How do you do pigtail wires?

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What Colour wires go in a plug?

Remove Wiring from Faceplate You should see one of two colour codes of wiring depending on when the house was last wired: blue or black is neutral, brown or red is live, and green/yellow is earth.

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