matt.c
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 posted on 20/5/08 at 08:17 PM |
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PHONE WIRING?
Had the builders in and they have de skimmed the wall and have left my bt phone wires like this.. 
Loads of the wires are not even connected and i still have a phone and net line!! Should these wires be connected together or doesn't it
matter?
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Guinness
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| posted on 20/5/08 at 08:21 PM |
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Normal house phone only really needs 1 pair!
This site seems pretty good.
http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wiring/UK_telephone/uk_telephone.html
HTH
Mike
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hoots_min
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| posted on 20/5/08 at 08:22 PM |
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You only need two wires to be connected, although which ones they are I don't know. Sorry
See above!! 
[Edited on 20/5/08 by hoots_min]
Today is a good day: I achieved new heights of ineptitude.
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nick205
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| posted on 20/5/08 at 08:23 PM |
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A phone line consists of 2 wires only and if you're phone and broadband are on the same line it's still only 2 wires. Most installers
used/use cable with many more cores than necessary for a domestic set-up.
Just tidy up what's there and pin it down.
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Mr G
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| posted on 20/5/08 at 08:40 PM |
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As already mentioned only 2 wires are required. Terminals 2 & 5 on the rear of the telephone socket faceplates. (colour coding can vary but as
long as 2 & 5 match up on any sockets your cooking on gas  )
The orange wire was used in the days of actual 'bells' inside telephones where it needed a supply (and a capacitor in the main socket) to
get it to ring. This is not required anymore so should be left disconnected as it can add interference to the line.
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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RazMan
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| posted on 20/5/08 at 09:50 PM |
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A 'pair' will often consist of the base colour with a white plus stripe of the same colour (eg orange & orange/white)
Blue is normally the starting colour and runs like this .... blue, orange, green, brown, slate.
At least that is how it was in GPO (BT) in the 70s. God I feel old
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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eznfrank
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 08:03 AM |
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If it's not broken........
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indykid
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 08:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
If it's not broken........
take it apart and find out how it works?
surely we're all guilty of that at some point
tom
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