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  1. C

    Telephone cable repairs

    Howdy all. Bad day at the office, on a block of flats at the minute. Ran in cables for intercom system and phone lines also tv's. The builder has gone and cored a nice 4 inch hole right through the lot :frown2:. Ceiling now tacked so running new ones in is going to be a pain in the ---...
  2. I

    telephone extension

    need to put 2 extra phone sockets for sky boxes am i right in saying you only use 2-5 , is 3 needed or not , cheers
  3. S

    Telephone points

    Had virgin media install an new phone line today, they placed one master socket behind my tv and now my existing Bt phone and slave sockets don't work throughout the rest of the house. To get my other existing phone points to work do I just have to run a cable from my virgin master socket to the...
  4. C

    Fault finding publications and links for Cat 5/6, alarm systems, telephone systems

    As the title suggests, can anyone recommend any publications or Internet links relating to elv systems. Most of my work is on large commercial systems and the company I subby to contract out for data/tv/alarm etc. I'd like to be able to learn as much as I can about these systems from recommended...
  5. B

    Telephone points etc

    How many of you guys take on work wiring phone points an the like? Recently I have been asked to do this sort of work. I mean wiring a new phone point extension is simply enough but what about when it comes to fault finding, upgrading junction boxes to master sockets etc? Should sparks really be...
  6. 7

    please help telephone and broadband new build annix wiring

    Hello there Currently first fixing a small annix building basically customer is having this annix built in the garden and is requiring 2 BT telephone points and would like to be able to use internet broadband from both points. My question is do I run a telephone cable from existing house to new...
  7. B

    Ripped out phone point

    Doing a rewire at the moment and the builder has ripped the main phone point right out wall leaving just the cable sticking out wall In sure it is the main phone cable into the house as it is a thick black 4pair round flex like Not had much to do with telephone points in the past apart from...
  8. R

    Why does my telephone seem to need four wires?

    Hi, According to all my reading telephones only use two or three wires, so why when i try to use any cable with two wires will my phones not work (there is no dial tone). I'm trying to get an extension lead to go from the master socket to another room. All of the available leads only have two...
  9. C

    Phone line hit by lightning

    Customer phoned on Friday looking for a few jobs done, he says his BT line has been struck by lightning twice this year wiping out phones and routers etc. Is there anything can be done to protect his gear other than maybe one of those surge protection extension thingys??
  10. J

    Need dno telephone number.

    Hi All, I went to my uncle's today to test a socket in the cellar, which he thought may have been damp, due to the presence of mildew on the socket front. I was preparing to test the cellar socket and randomly plugged my 17th Multifunctional Meter into a socket and performed a Zs. 3.33ohms...
  11. S

    Telephone line fault - BT and Virgin disagree!

    Hello, all. My sis-in-law has been without broadband for weeks now. Home telephone works fine. Her line rental is with BT and her ADSL broadband with Virgin. I've been trying to help her out by going on the Virgin 'help' forum, as to phone Virgin is a worse experience than sticking pins in...
  12. S

    Telephone cable stripper

    Are there any good telephone/alarm cable strippers out there?
  13. S

    telephone wiring

    Hello all, As part of a large rewire I have to wire in 6 telephone slaves. I have neve installed this many points before. Am I ok just wiring from the master socket out to the first slave then onto next in parallel, then next etc etc. Or would it be better to wire 3 from master, and the other 3...
  14. keniff

    Phone number

    Ha anyone got a landline number that goes straight to your mobile? How do I got about setting one up?
  15. R

    Telephone Slave help

    Good evening chaps, ran a slave socket off the master telephone point using contacts 3 and 5 as i always do, the slave socket will ring from an incoming call and has dial tone but will not make or answer a call. I am thinking maybe i need to connect terminal 2 as well but just after some...
  16. E

    ECA Telephone Audit

    Been told today that a person from the ECA is going to ring me up and ask me some general knowledge questions to prove i am worthy of being a QS! Has anybody else heard/done this? What on earth are they going to ask?
  17. J

    telephone wiring help

    I have a joined extention cable running around the house for Sky. The connection has come apart. Can anyone tell me which wires to join to which please. 4 wire cable from main box Red Yellow Green Black 2 wire going to Sky Box Yellow(ish) Blue Any help would be appreciated as I have tried...
  18. D Skelton

    Any telephone wiring experts here?

    I have to replace a BT master socket and I'm replacing it with a modular master socket as I'm fitting dado trunking right across where the original master socket is sighted. I know technically I shouldn't be doing this because BT might get a bit aggy but needs must. I'm fully aware of the fact...
  19. keniff

    Alarm

    Went to install a speech dialer to an existing alarm today and found the whole thing was wired in telephone cable! I know this isn't good practise but is it ok?
  20. 0

    Telephone extension point

    Hi there. I have bt infinity plugged into my master socket in the hallway. It is a nte5 with the additional adsl attachment fitted. All the equipment is on the floor and in the way. Can I run a cat5 from the master to an extension point in a bedroom. I want to leave my telephone plugged into the...

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