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    upstairs telephone sockets not working

    Hi There, wondering if anyone can help/assist in my problem, we bought a house 1 year ago, and i believe the house is 5-10 years old, quite a modern house, problem is all upstairs phone sockets do not work, no dial tone, router wont work in them, i have taken some pictures in hope someone might...
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    BT telephone line distribution box.

    Hi Everyone, I have what looks like a BT telephone line distribution box which was installed over 30 years ago (residential). Photos of it are attached. I think it was used to connect multiple phone sockets. I now have a new fibre socket for phone and modem. I no longer need multiple sockets so...
  3. HappyHippyDad

    Cat5e or telephone cable to extend CT clamp?

    I have to extend the cable for the CT clamp for a EV charger installation. I was going to use external cat5e CAT5E External Duct Grade Cable PE Sheath - 305m Box -...
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    Box with telephone wires

    I have an electrical box on my kitchen wall that I'd like to get rid of. Can I tape the wires up (separately), push them back in the box, and spackle over it, or is that prohibited as is the case of a conventional 110/120v electrical box? I may leave some baseboard-mounted telephone...
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    Multiple Virgin telephone points

    Hi All, I have recently rewired a 4 bedroom house in which i have installed 4 telephone points throughout the house as requested by the client. i have wired 3 slaves from the point Where BT would bring in their cable to the master. The problem i have is that the customer as now went for virgin...
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    Could I use old telephone wire to run 24VDC for LED lighting use?

    Hello, I am in the middle of installing some 24VDC LED Strip lights in my daughters bedroom and was struggling on how to hide the transformer as I did not want to mount a box on the wall to conceal it or run wires through the wall into her closet. After thinking about this I happen to find the...
  7. D

    Telephone point and Comms cab

    I have an office with a comms cabinet with Cat6 cable running around the building. Will I be able to connect a landline at the points where there is a Cat6 or would this have to be a separate cable/install
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    Telephone Lines !

    Evening all, Need some telephone line advice - probably extremely simple... Is there a tool you can buy (other than an actual telephone) which you can plug into your incoming telephone lines to see if its wired correctly and getting a dial tone? (Similar to an RJ45 tester with the 8 green...
  9. mattg4321

    Lead sheathed telephone cable

    Just found this on a job today. Lead sheathed. Telephone cable? Never seen this before. Anyone?
  10. M

    House Rewiring - Telephone Line

    Hi All, I need some advice please. I am getting the whole house rewired/plastered and at the same time, i would like to put in a telephone cable in certain room in the house. I am bit confused on what i should buy and install. I reviewed forums and they seem a bit old, so could be...
  11. M

    Telephone point extension

    Hi all i am not sure if this is the correct place for this question. I am to install a phone point down the hall in a mates house but he has virgin media and the phone line comes off the router. i was thinking of taking a basic 5 meter extension lead and pluging the male end into the router...
  12. S

    UK BT Telephone and Broadband

    Hi. Since the bad weather yesterday evening, we lost both telephone (i.e. no dial tone), and broadband. The cable comes up the wall outside, into a plastic box which serves both ourselves and our neighbour. 2 wires are connected inside the box, which goes through the wall to our BT Openreach...
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    Cut Telephone cable: need to rewire

    So far I'm struggling to identify the cable in use here. I've attached a photo, could someone point me in the right direction of a wiring reference guide so I can attach a standard telephone socket for broadband?
  14. pirate

    Telephone wiring connection help, please!

    Hello all, probably not the right forum but here goes anyway. My house phone wiring has become scrambled. I have the usual incomer with the screw-on plug - in faceplate, and 3 other sockets in the house, which have been unused for ages. Some months ago I had problems with my internet, so...
  15. D

    Ring doorbell pro and telephone twisted pair

    Hello I'm in the process of installing a new ring doorbell pro. Currently we have an existing doorbell chime which is hardwired with a internal transformer and consumes 4v which is not enough to run the ring doorbell. I'm going to either use a plug in transformer and use the transformer that...
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    Telephone line connecting

    Hi guys. I need some advice on how to wire up a master socket to the outside junction box. The wire I have bought to replace the old one is of different colour so I'm a bit confused. I've opened the master and the colours are Orange A and White B. Outside on the wall main socket coming into the...
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    Wiring domestic telephone sockets

    Hi everyone, Im in the process of renovating my and need to wire up the 3 pair telephone cable to the sockets however im not sure which colour relates to which pin. Ive uploaded images of the wire and the back of the sockets but if you need more info let me know. Any help would be...
  18. S

    telephone point - re connecting issue

    hello i need to sort out damp causing problems for a phone point my question is ... is how do i disconnect the telephone wires as they are punched in .. i need to disconnect so i can add a pattress box and then re connect ... do i just cut the wires and the punch them back in afterwards ...
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    Telephone Socket Wiring

    Hi there, We've just had a painter round, and to make space for his brush he was nice enough to disconnect our phone socket and leave without re-assembling. Could someone advise us where these cables should go? Pic 1 is cable and Pic 2 is socket. Thanks in advance! Allan
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    Telephone Line Question

    Not sure if this is in the correct section Hopefully someone can help me with this one So recently rewired a house and included was some additional telephone points. All cables installed correctly away from mains cables The telephone points are wired in cat 5e There are two slave points and...

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