telephone line question

[leep82]

A joiner friend of mine called me round to a job he's been doing to try and get him out the brown stuff. Basically he's put a laminate floor down and damaged a telephone cable that comes from the master socket and goes to two points upstairs. Aswell as this cable that comes from the master socket there is also what looks like a recent addition where another cable comes from the master socket and serves a point in the kitchen and then into the living room. The customer is very worried about any potential mess that may be caused to get the lines upstairs back working. My suggestion is as follows. Disconnect the original line ( the damaged one ) that comes from the master socket and serves the upstairs points, then in the living room where the more recent extension line ends connect the old line into this box, as luckily it is clipped right next to this up the door architrave, leaving the damaged cable within the floor out of sight and providing the line back upstairs, i dont generally work in telecoms so just wanted to see if this sounds a viable option. Is there a certain amount of slave sockets that a master can serve, as there would be a total of 4 of the master socket if i go ahead with it.

 

[tazz]

Its just a radial circuit off the master, terminals 2 & 5 to each slave

 

[Octopus]

A joiner friend of mine called me round to a job he's been doing to try and get him out the brown stuff. Basically he's put a laminate floor down and damaged a telephone cable that comes from the master socket and goes to two points upstairs.

Aswell as this cable that comes from the master socket there is also what looks like a recent addition where another cable comes from the master socket and serves a point in the kitchen and then into the living room.

The customer is very worried about any potential mess that may be caused to get the lines upstairs back working.

My suggestion is as follows. Disconnect the original line ( the damaged one ) that comes from the master socket and serves the upstairs points, then in the living room where the more recent extension line ends connect the old line into this box, as luckily it is clipped right next to this up the door architrave, leaving the damaged cable within the floor out of sight and providing the line back upstairs.

i dont generally work in telecoms so just wanted to see if this sounds a viable option.

Is there a certain amount of slave sockets that a master can serve, as there would be a total of 4 of the master socket if i go ahead with it.

I've edited that for you to make it slightly easier to read!

The limit on the phone line is not the number of sockets, as you could have as many as you want, the limit is the number of plugged in telephones/ answer machines.

 

[leep82]

Thanks

 

[dingledong]

Use the wireless phones just plug them in to the mains

 

[driverman]

Use the wireless phones just plug them in to the mains

exactly..tel them to go wireless

 

[Octopus]

exactly..tel them to go wireless

Thats fine til a power cut!

 

[driverman]

Thats fine til a power cut!

Use mobile then...simples!

 

[Octopus]

Use mobile then...simples!

Lives in a dip - no signal!

 

[dingledong]

Ok have one telephone into the bt point and the other phones wireless

 

[Octopus]

Ok have one telephone into the bt point and the other phones wireless

But the wireless one needs to be plugged in too!

 

[7029 dave]

4 ren max.

 

[dingledong]

Yes but if you split the incoming bt point and have a normal phone and the main wireless phone then all the extra phones when the phone rings you can answer any phone ,but in the event of power cut then only the bt phone will ring and you can answer that

 

[Octopus]

Yes but if you split the incoming bt point and have a normal phone and the main wireless phone then all the extra phones when the phone rings you can answer any phone ,but in the event of power cut then only the bt phone will ring and you can answer that

Now you are talking sense! lol

 

[Richard Burns]

You should always have one wired phone because otherwise in a power cut, or when your CU goes up in flames, you cannot call the emergency services if required.