Telephone Points for a flat in a block of apartments

kels bels · Mar 19, 2012

Hi everyone! I've had a browse on the net and on this forum but can't find any information on the photo attached

[ElectriciansForums.net] Telephone Points for a flat in a block of apartments

Young ladys flat in a block of apartments, this is the only telephone point that's wired up and it works perfectly with telephone and router plugged in.

Problem is, I've never seen a telephone point wired up like this before - there are two other telephone points in the house that are not wired up, just cable sitting behind a blank plate and she's asked me to wire them in for her.

But I'm confused - why has only the white/blue and blue/white cables used? And how do I wire up the other two tel sockets that has numbered slots.

Mark_Burgess · Mar 19, 2012

Only 1 pair is required, just jump onto th back of them and connect up the others the same.

kels bels · Mar 19, 2012

Ah cool - as simple as that?! The telephone sockets I have don't have two screws like this one.... it has numbered slots. What numbers should I use for the two blue cables?

jumpin jax · Mar 19, 2012

blue/white 2 white/blue 4, that is a master socket you have there, the rest need to be slave sockets coming off the IDC terminals not the screws, buy a punch down tool, look up telephone systems online as well

Des 56 · Mar 19, 2012

,,UK Telephone Wiring

Des 56 · Mar 19, 2012

Slave connections will be on 2 and 5

jumpin jax · Mar 19, 2012

des56, youre right, my mistake, cant count

Guest111 · Mar 19, 2012

do not just jump off the back of those connections, there should be a removable part that allows you to disconnect the extension wiring from the main box for fault finding, connections are as follows blue/white 2 orange/white 3 white/blue 5 any non standard wiring may cause problems which can result in a large bill if pto have to come out,when I was at BT they told you to always try and find something to charge client for so be carefull.has the master socket got BT logo on it? if it hasn,t it may be a non approved part,assuming BTis the service provider and not a cable company.

kels bels · Mar 19, 2012

It's def BT - so the master has one cable using blue and White cables with screws, and I should connect the extension cable to the IDC terminal on the master and on the slave socket using the punch down tool!

Hope iv got that right?!!

Guest111 · Mar 19, 2012

As I said somewhere inside the master will be IDCterminals, the front plate usually seperate from back and IDCconnectors will be behind it, make sure you connect all 3 though

UNG · Mar 19, 2012

If you have an ADSL broadband connection don't connect terminal 3 only connect the 2 & 5 if you connect terminal 3 you may get reduced speed on your broadband due to interference

HandySparks · Mar 20, 2012

As phil d says, there should be seperate plug-in front plate which has the IDC connections on it. I can't really see from the photo, but it looks like this has been removed. Did you do this or is it missing? If missing, you might be best fitting a complete new master socket assembly (or get BT in to do it). Do you have a photo of the front of the phone socket?