Split 66-block labeling

All of the PSTN drops (and feeds) terminate on split 66-blocks, here.

*I* can keep track of what goes where with a legend accessible nearby. But, I'm concerned as to how a future homeowner would deal with this (not a common site in most homes!).

One approach is to just sequentially *number* each contact pair and document the role on the legend.

Another approach is to treat each "group of pairs" for a particular drop/feed as a "unit", documented as such. This might be more intuitive for a neophyte ("Ah, the SE Dining Room drop is wired to feed #3!").

I'm covering the pins with a transparent cover to keep things pretty *and* act to confine the conductors (fancy insulator, of sorts). I could put the labels on that cover (which means the labels are removed when you access the pins). I'm not fond of "Sharpie-on-fins" labeling (it always looks tacky). And, the slide/clip on labels would be mutually exclusive with the transparent covers I want to use.

Note that the fins carry some inherent "keying" (groups of 10). Or, I could use two colors to mark alternating groups of fins (this group is one drop/feed; the alternate color marks the group for the next drop/feed) and count on the color codes of the individual conductors to further "document" what each does in a group.

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Don Y
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I'm using Krone disconect blocks. I find them easier to use.

I expect that they'd either get a tone generator or an expert so equipped.

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Jasen Betts

Sounds like a good method. If a future home owner can't figure that out he or she should not touch this stuff or anything else technical for that matter and leave it to a pro.

I have mine grouped. One number calls out the location, one the bundle, and one the function. Most places get TV antenna, TV feed back (to modulate on a "house channel" at the wiring closet combiner), CAT-5 for the LAN and another CAT-5 but only three pairs for phone.

I wouldn't even worry too much. The typical modern American home owner uses only one POTS jack for a base and the rest are all cordless phones connecting wirelessly to that base. Which is why only three of our phone jacks are used, and only because I have a fax plus a 2nd cordless network. Ok, and a garage phone which is only plugged in because I had it. I am thinking of using the 3rd phone pair to distribute power to lower-power devices such as thermometers so I no longer have to replace batteries.

The ultra-modern American home owner will not even have a POTS phone.

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Joerg

I think that's too involved. Unlike using a buttinski to track down subscriber lines from a neighborhood distribution panel, you can't rely on a "service" to tell you which pair you've got hold of. So, you'd have to inject a tone from each "drop" before you could find the corresponding conductors on the block. And, you'd only be able to probe T/R -- not much help if you're using more than one pair on that drop!

[Some of my drops are hardwired to "things" so you'd be hard-pressed to inject tone at the far end of the drop]

I think it easier to work from an "accurate" legend -- if that can be correlated to the physical contacts on the block easily. I just don't know how intimidating this is likely to be for "whomever". Nor whether they will have fresh YOUNG eyes or will be fighting to try to resolve the fine print, close wire pitch, etc.

Obviously, prior to a sale, I'd rewire the blocks so that

*a* (single) line was present on every drop. So, if new occupant was content to live with just one PSTN/VoIP "line", there'd be no need to tinker with anything.
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Don Y

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