Telephone cable repairs

[Chris sparky]

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 ---.

Looking for some telephone cable joiners/connectors. Best looking ones i have come across are Scotchlock jobby's. Anybody used these before or does anyone have a better brand to use? And where to purchase them from?
Or would you recommend running new cables in. I've jointed coax before but i know it degrades the signal albeit a minimal amount.

Cheers

 

[7029 dave]

I don't know how many cables you need to joint but a Connection Box 201D takes 20 pairs in two IDC Connection Strips 237A. Much tidier than a fistful of jelly crimps and much quicker than soldering and sleeving.
KRONE CONNECTION BOX 201D

It has a selection of IDC stablemates for other numbers of cables such as the 78A
78A 4 Pair Junction Box

or box con 301 100pairs

 

[Chris sparky]

Cheers for input lad's.

Grabbed a box of the crimp connectors from Edmundsons in the end. Needed it done desperado today. But in the future i may try Lucien's suggestion.