sara2 did you find wire that would work? If so please share. It was hard for me to find that wire as well
Please do not look into the wire type and size to closely in this application ( I see you think way too much as I do) The main idea is that the whole thing is connected and you can do that with any wire (speaker wire, electrical wire, hook up wire) In the end it just needs 2 pieces of wire to work.
I asked about "code" even though I did not think it would matter just to see if it was safe and legal.
Charles Sullivan Sorry if i did not make sense i write slower than i think.
The major problem with normal telephone cable is that each wire has only a very few strands and is easily broken.
I was thinking about using a telephone extension cable (plug to phone) and not telephone cable. The extension cord has about 7 strands of copper per "wire" albeit very thin. I thought it could be a cheap alternative to buying a large quantity of cat5 or cat3. Just a idea