Wiring domestic telephone sockets

[Bradaz21]

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 gratefully appreciated!

Cheers,

Jonny

 

[littlespark]

Do you get a dial tone from the inner socket of the master? If not, then speak to your telephone company.
Oh, they might not be best pleased you have been interfering with their equipment.

 

[telectrix]

get a multimeter set on d.c. volts. across the incoming pair you should have 48V d.c.

 

[Loki]

bt feed to the master socket is probably orange & white pairs.
Test as post above

 

[dksanders]

I use BOOB to remember:

3 Orange 4 Orange/white
2 Blue 5 Blue/white
1 6

The A wire is always the solid colour

 

[Bradaz21]

I haven't touched the master socket only unscrewed it to check the connections. Should it be solid blue to the A connection?

 

[Loki]

I haven't touched the master socket only unscrewed it to check the connections. Should it be solid blue to the A connection?

doesnt matter which way round for A & B

if you take off the master socket front you will see the master socket test socket.
test your phone in that. do you get a dial tone? if not then the fault is either at the A,B connections or bt side

 

[littlespark]

You shouldn't need to unscrew the master. Only remove the small panel at the bottom. That's where you connect any extensions to.

Your incomer from BT or whoever only has 1 pair of wires.