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Old 04-12-2020, 08:13 PM
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All of the low voltage wiring (telephone, garage door controls, alarm system) were wired with CAT 5 (4 pair twisted) cable BLUE jacket. As noted above the installers used what ever number of wires were needed for that device, and the others were spares. Hope this helps.
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