I am trying to fix some telephone wires for a new apartment for a friend. During the framing phase of construction, the three (3)telephone wires were disconnected from this "punch" box, where the 3 lines join from the one incoming line. Also, apparently, when the lines were originally stapled, the staples went right into the wires so, when they were dismounted, the phones died. So, I cut the staple-damaged sections of the line and look for similarity of color wires with the phone end to figure out which line goes to which phone. Murphy's law applies, so the colors don't match. The lines each have 6 wires, of which only 2 wires only are used at the phone ends. Is there an easy way to match up the 3 lines to the phones without having to rely on matching colors? Thanks in advance, Ed :confused:

i have been wanting to upgrade my service and box for several years. do i need to contact utility service for another line from the pole? i am also considering a power conditioner add-on since our neighborhood is older and we had a transformer blow up a few years ago and many people lost tons of appliances and equipment that had to be claimed against THEIR homeowners' policies because the utilites state that they are NOT responsible under state law. Suggestions? I am going to hire a qualified, licensed electrician and have some additional GFCI outlets added to my bathrooms and corrections made to my basement (previous owner was not up to code on his "improvements").