Question For Bazza..

[ColinBarber]

dead easy, put one in nearly every room in my house. There are 6 wires in std telephone cable, you only really need 2 but I connected them all up anyway. You may need a telephone wire connection tool (plastic one from DIY shop about 90p, I've aquired a proper BT one which is the mutts nuts).

Have a look here:

http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wiring/U..._telephone.html

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You need three wires or the extension will not ring out, yours work cos you wired them all. You can use 2 wires if you're stuck but you need a master socket on the extension with a ring cap.

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If you have DSL and are using filters on each of the sockets then you can get away with only two wires because the filters have a ring capacitor built-in. In fact the DSL signal will be improved if the RING wire is disconnected.

[MacRS200]

We started on wiring an extension phone socket and have now moved onto flood wiring your house, go the whole hog and use CAT 6 and be ready for Giga Bit when it is piped direct to your door by your ISP on fibre!

[eXOBeX]

can you not get a power booster to up the ren rating? im sure i have seen one.

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Maplin do 'em.

Each telephone socket in my house is accompanied by a Cat.5e socket, both mounted side-by-side on a brass faceplate. Nice!

[Fidgits]

okay, had a quick look in B&Q tonight - couldnt see any of these phone kits...

they had 'extension packs' which were pseduo kits, but not an actual 'pro install' kit..

[rhosneigr]

Yes the desktop is connected to a box which also gives the TV programmes. There are so many routers on the market its sooooo confusing.

[Bazza]

sorry for the late reply !!

a basic domestic installation needs just two wires from the incoming master socket, daisy linked to any further slave sockets (as many as you like)

the third core is used for ring continuity, but is normally not needed and as mentioned best left out if modems are involved

depending on what type of master socket you have, the modern BT ones have a seperate panel which unscrews leaving the main connections untouched,

the two terminals are 5 and 2

can also get flat cable suitable for fixing under floor coverings

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[Mrs_Mop]

cheers Barrie.

Ian.

[vinokirk]

To boost the REN just ring BT faults on 151 and ask them to increase your gain! (unless you have ADSL then the gain is already at maximum!)

[eXOBeX]

the third core is used for ring continuity, but is normally not needed and as mentioned best left out if modems are involved

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Many phones still need this core. BT Converse 220's don't ring without it (as I found out in work a few weeks back, used a mirror-image cable which put the ringing current to pin 4 instead).