Re: BT Master Sockets

Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Geoff Lane <datemasde.t1m@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Roger Mills wrote:

Could you please clarify the situation with respect to extensions -
if necessary posting a picture of the small dark brown junction box
with its lid removed.

[Even weirder is the larger light brown box with its 1/4" jack
socket. Is that still in circuit?]

As requested, below are two images that show my three BT boxes along
with the connecting wiring.

The image named 3sockets shows the cable that enters the upper BT box
enters from outside near my window frame, as you can see it goes in
to the upper box; this is connected to the lower BT box and from
there a further wire goes to the conventional BT socket. The dark
cable that goes down into the skirting I cannot comment on, I do not
know what it does or where it ends up.

The image named colours shows a closer look at the wiring and wire
colours.
www.3lanes.eclipse.co.uk/temp/3sockets.jpg
www.3lanes.eclipse.co.uk/temp/colours.jpg

Geoff Lane

Mmm - the term "rat's nest" springs to mind!

My guess is that the grey wire which comes up behind the skirting is
actually the incoming cable from the exchange - unless you know
differently?
The dark lower junction box would originally have had a telephone
wired into it - the large slot at the LH end fitting the square
grommet on the end of the cord.

The brown box was an extension socket which allowed a phone to be
plugged in and removed - using a 1/4" jack plug rather than the
current modular plug. In those days, the bells were wired in series
so there had to be a switch operated by the jack plug (the shiny bit
in the middle) which provided continuity to the other phones when
that one was unplugged. [I installed a system like that in my house
many moons ago!]. The wire coming out of the top left of that box
presumably goes to other extensions - Sky box or whatever?

At some point someone decided to fit a modern(-ish) type of master
socket - and brought its connections out to the dark junction box
where they could be doubled up where needed. This is was I suspected
earlier.
Where does all this get us? Not really sure except for saying that if
it were *my* house, I'd be ripping all of that out, installing a new
NTE5 with filtered faceplate, and re-wiring it all properly and
neatly.

Which should be a specific duty of BT, its what you pay them for. Thats what
lease contracts are supposed to be about. They put the equipment in, and
maintain it, and when it needs replaced, they replace it routingly. In the
age of ADSL, i would suggest the nte5s are an essential aspect of the
service provision and should be installed on request.


Gaz


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