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Old 12-01-2008, 09:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Can I use 6-conductor RJ11 cord for Spiffie kit??

My spiffie.org MPGuino kit is on the way and should be here this week. I am having a hard time finding a nice black rj11 cord that is 4-conductor. Does anyone know if I can use a regular telephone cord that is 6-conducter because those are easier to find locally? If not does anyone know a good place to get a 4-conductor black rj11 cord? Thanks.

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Old 12-01-2008, 02:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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It depends on whether your kit comes with a 4 pin connection, or a 6 pin connection. If it's a 4 pin, then a 6 pin wire might not physically fit in the socket. You might be able to trim off the ends on the wire to make it fit if that's the case though.
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The kit says it uses 4-conductor wire. But from my reasearch it seems like rj11 connectors are all the same. But the wire is different. So I was thinking that a 6-conductor might plug into the rj11 jack with the kit and just have 2 wires that arent being used.

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Old 12-01-2008, 04:21 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Looks like you're absolutely correct. I didn't realize they were the same size physically. So yes, you can use a 6 conductor wire, you'll just have 2 wires that don't get used.
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Just FYI for anyone reading this thread. I am using a regular phone cord. You just need to make sure it has atleast 4 wires in it. Alot I found around my house only had 2 wires. I ended up finding a nice black phone cord with 4 wires at Home Depot. Works very well.

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