pair colours of telephone cables
groen
I'd be interested to know which countries generally use
the common colours for internal telephone cables where
pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
pair 2 is orange and white or orange and white/orange
pair 3 is green and white or green and white/green
pair 4 is brown and white or brown and white/brown
pair 5 is grey and white or grey and white/grey
and so on where the second group of 5 is red instead of white,
third group with black and fourth is yellow.....
an example that, i guess, everybody knows of this scheme
is CAT 5 network cables
countries that have their own colour scheme
Netherlands
countries that use the common standard
Belgium, Great Britain, United States
can our distinguished contributors add to this?
Malcolm Dunnett
groen
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Hi
I'd be interested to know which countries generally use
the common colours for internal telephone cables where
pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
pair 2 is orange and white or orange and white/orange
pair 3 is green and white or green and white/green
pair 4 is brown and white or brown and white/brown
pair 5 is grey and white or grey and white/grey
and so on where the second group of 5 is red instead of white,
third group with black and fourth is yellow.....
an example that, i guess, everybody knows of this scheme
is CAT 5 network cables
countries that have their own colour scheme
Netherlands
countries that use the common standard
Belgium, Great Britain, United States, Canada
David Josephson
>the common colours for internal telephone cables where
>pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
>pair 2 is orange and white or orange and white/orange
>pair 3 is green and white or green and white/green
>pair 4 is brown and white or brown and white/brown
>pair 5 is grey and white or grey and white/grey
>and so on where the second group of 5 is red instead of white,
>third group with black and fourth is yellow.....
And the fifth group is violet (purple).
--
David Josephson / Josephson Engineering / San Jose CA / da...@josephson.com
wbro...@my-deja.com
David Josephson <dav...@rahul.net> wrote:
> In <Nec15.3207$iW.1...@news.chello.be> "groen" <gr...@brussel.be>
writes:
>
> >the common colours for internal telephone cables where
> >pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
> >pair 2 is orange and white or orange and white/orange
> >pair 3 is green and white or green and white/green
> >pair 4 is brown and white or brown and white/brown
> >pair 5 is grey and white or grey and white/grey
> >and so on where the second group of 5 is red instead of white,
> >third group with black and fourth is yellow.....
>
> And the fifth group is violet (purple).
>
>
If you were to get a group of old telephone people around and asked
them about grey, they would probably tell you that was the color of the
equipment cabinets and the outer jacket. The fifth pair to them was
always slate.
--
William "Bill" Brownlow
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Occasionally they converge." Did you realize only mediocre people are
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Before you buy.
Ken E.
>Hi
>
>I'd be interested to know which countries generally use
>the common colours for internal telephone cables where
>pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
>pair 2 is orange and white or orange and white/orange
>pair 3 is green and white or green and white/green
>pair 4 is brown and white or brown and white/brown
>pair 5 is grey and white or grey and white/grey
>and so on where the second group of 5 is red instead of white,
>third group with black and fourth is yellow.....
>an example that, i guess, everybody knows of this scheme
>is CAT 5 network cables
>
>countries that have their own colour scheme
>Netherlands
>
>countries that use the common standard
>Belgium, Great Britain, United States
>
>can our distinguished contributors add to this?
Look here:
http://www.cabling-design.com/references/colorcodes/25pair.shtml
--
+ Ken +
Living in Stockholm arkipelago.
Stefan
In Switzerland you'll find in strictly telephone installations quad
cables with
pair 1: white - blue
pair 2: turqise - purple
In universal cabling installations, we use the common standard, of course.
Stefan
Ken E.
It's the same in Sweden!
--
+ Ken +
Living in Stockholm arkipelago. http://w1.857.telia.com/~u85704001/
Lizard Blizzard
> Hi
> I'd be interested to know which countries generally use
> the common colours for internal telephone cables where
> pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
It is generally accepted that the first conductor color is the tip and
the second is ring. The generally accepted (Bell) standard is that the
group color, white for the first group, is the Tip and the pair color is
the ring. So your list should say white/blue and blue/white.
[snip]
groen
but i am not old.......... :-)
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Subject: Re: pair colours of telephone cables
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groen
"David Josephson" <dav...@rahul.net> wrote in message
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> In <Nec15.3207$iW.1...@news.chello.be> "groen" <gr...@brussel.be>
writes:
>
> >the common colours for internal telephone cables where
> >pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
> >pair 2 is orange and white or orange and white/orange
> >pair 3 is green and white or green and white/green
> >pair 4 is brown and white or brown and white/brown
> >pair 5 is grey and white or grey and white/grey
> >and so on where the second group of 5 is red instead of white,
> >third group with black and fourth is yellow.....
>
> And the fifth group is violet (purple).
>
>
>
>
groen
your use of tip/ring is, i guess, american usage
i am more used to UK practice where
the A wire is white/red/black/yellow/violet
and
the B wire is the blue/orange/green/brown/grey
B wire being Battery and A wire being Earth
in my list, however, i was just identifying the colours
rather than indicating the sequence of termination
"Lizard Blizzard" <acme...@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> groen wrote:
>
> > Hi
>
> > I'd be interested to know which countries generally use
> > the common colours for internal telephone cables where
> > pair 1 is blue and white or blue and white/blue
>
groen
now that is a very useful cabling site i had not yet come across
tak
"Ken E." <k...@nospam.tacktelia.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
> Look here:
> http://www.cabling-design.com/references/colorcodes/25pair.shtml
groen
yes, when a blue white pair becomes a quad then
these colours are added - so:
quad 1 white/blue/turquoise/violet
quad 2 white/orange/turquoise/violet
etc.....
"Ken E." <k...@nospam.tacktelia.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:27:02 +0200, Stefan
> <ste...@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM> wrote:
>
> >> countries that have their own colour scheme
> >
> >In Switzerland you'll find in strictly telephone installations quad
> >cables with
> >pair 1: white - blue
> >pair 2: turqise - purple
> >
> >In universal cabling installations, we use the common standard, of
course.
> >
> >Stefan
>
>
> It's the same in Sweden!
>
>
> --
> + Ken +
> Living in Stockholm arkipelago. http://w1.857.telia.com/~u85704001/
>
>
groen
so to get back on track....
Hi
I'd be interested to know which countries generally use
the common colours for internal telephone cables where
pair 1 is white and blue or white/blue and blue
pair 2 is white and orange or white/orange and orange
pair 3 is white and green or white/green and green
pair 4 is white and brown or white/brown and brown
pair 5 is white and grey or white/grey and grey
and so on where the second group of 5 is red instead of white,
third group with black and fourth is yellow, fifth violet.....
an example that, i guess, everybody knows of this scheme
is CAT 5 network cables
countries that have their own colour scheme
Netherlands - quads of blue/red/white/orange
the quads being individually identified by coloured
string wrapped around them
countries that use the common standard:
http://www.cabling-design.com/references/colorcodes/25pair.shtml
(url courtesy of Ken E.)
Belgium, Great Britain, United States, Canada
Switzerland, Sweden
Peter Otto Guenther
the same but white (tip) is just solid white, ring is solid colour except on
Cat 5 cables. The ring colour then becomes blue with orange bands for pair 6,
etc through to grey with brown band for pair 19.
Pairs 20 -39 yellow tip, same ring sequence.
Pairs 40 -59 Black etc
Peter Guenther RCDD
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