Re: installing ethernet RJ45 and faceplate

["bruceR" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Yeah, I remember the old tunes and jingles a bit TOO well too.
If I were going to buy a new butt set right now for occasional use, I'd
 snap this one up off eBay:

 http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TENMA-HANDS-FREE-TEST-SET-BUTT-TELEPHONE-72-6770_W0QQitemZ180002097009QQihZ008QQcategoryZ97138QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I have several butt sets already. The oldest is a BECO solid rubber setwith a small dial with raised pins instead of finger holes. Still works butis in my old phone "Museum" now. I also have an old NT rotary dial butt set,a Harris touch-tone one, a French made speakerphone model and an el cheapotouch tone one that I keep with the kit. If you want to go that route, whichis fine for most of what you'll need to do, you can pick one up for $20from: http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/TBS-5/search/TELEPHONE_BUTT_SET,_AS-IS_.html The cord has been cut off but you can easily replace it with a new cordthat's readily available on eBay for about $10."Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote inmessagenews:nv2dnb5ztfG8cj3ZnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx> Bruce R wrote:>>>This kit is an excellent value that will give you everything you need to>>install and maintain cables
and jacks at your home. For $80, the price of>a>> punchdown tool alone, you canNOT beat this kit.>>http://www.mpja.com/productview.asp?product=15043+TL>> That *IS* an awful lot of useful stuff in one place.  The only thingI'dadd> is a handset for phone work.  Know where to get a good yetrelatively> inexpensive one of those?  My tracer's got a phone jack and aspeaker with> an "on hook" control, but that's not enough for phone work -can't dialany> numbers.  It would be nice to have a second, "ready to go"bag, though,for> various off-site visits.>> As a complete unrelated aside, Ifound myself humming the tune of longdead> TV show called "Hawaiian Eye"today - part of a group of formulaic TVshows> I grew up with aboutgeographical diverse detectives.  You're probably old> enough to rememberthem.  IIRC, they were "Hawaiian Eye, Bourbon Street> Beat, SurfSide Six and77 Sunset Strip <snap, snap!> and maybe even a few> more that have escapedme.  I think part of the reason I like home> automation is that there's alot o
f detective work to do.  Just today I> finally tracked down the sourceof a nagging noise problem and it really> took some investigation because itwas an intermittent sort of issue.>> I've been humming a lot of old songslately.  I think as the neural netsare> just about to lose their info, thememories get jostled.  Ah, old age.  It> just keeps NOT gettingbetter!>> --> Bobby G.>>>>>