Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - ADT phone line connections

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ronlybonlyjones
01-04-05, 10:39 AM
I recently had one of two phone lines disconnected and it turns out that was the one the alarm system was connected to. Which wires do I need to move to connect the alarm to the remaining phone line? There is an internal phone company box in the house.

SafeWatch
01-05-05, 10:02 AM
Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time to answer your question. But take a look at http://phonewiring.safewatchservice.com for phone line information.

Essentially what you want to do is connect Line 1 to Line 2 outside at the NID. This is a fairly simple process.

Let us know if you have any questions.
ronlybonlyjones
01-06-05, 11:28 AM
It seems that when my original line was installed in my home, 28 years ago, Telco didn't use the NID. I traced the wire back to a block (in the crawl space, unfortunately) and ran a wire from there to the NID so that I had an appearance of my original line at the NID. From there the rest was easy.

Thank you for your response.

Ron :)