Discuss telephone point - re connecting issue in the DIY Electrical Advice area at ElectriciansForums.net

Welcome to ElectriciansForums.net - The American Electrical Advice Forum
Head straight to the main forums to chat by click here:   American Electrical Advice Forum

Reaction score
1
hello i need to sort out damp causing problems for a phone point

my question is ... is how do i disconnect the telephone wires as they are punched in .. i need to disconnect so i can add a pattress box and then re connect ... do i just cut the wires and the punch them back in afterwards .. so much easier if they were screwed in ...
 
Not sure what the law is on bt master points... i have moved them in the past and cut the wires so a little was left in, then terminated again using a punch down tool in the new spot. you can get terminal blocks to extend and join cables if it is too short. again i am not 100% sure on legality but i suspect you are meant to get bt to do it.... if in doubt ring bt / openreach they are normally helpful enough. 99% of time i suspect openreach will say get on with it as they are so short of engineers they dont want the aggro of something so small. if it goes wrong then you pay
 
If you have a krone tool one of the little metal bits that open out is a small hook to pull up on the conductor and pull it out of the terminal.
telephone point - re connecting issue Krone tool - EletriciansForums.net
Then you can cut it back a fraction and reterminate.
 
If you have a krone tool one of the little metal bits that open out is a small hook to pull up on the conductor and pull it out of the terminal.
View attachment 37639
Then you can cut it back a fraction and reterminate.
goddamn it. i always thought it was for picking my nose.
 
Plastic one will suffice for a one off job.
 
Crack on and do it yourself, has anyone met a bt 'engineer' before? They live by the code 'not my job', bunch of jobsworths.
 
Crack on and do it yourself, has anyone met a bt 'engineer' before? They live by the code 'not my job', bunch of jobsworths.

Yup, crack on and get it wrong then BT will take lots of your hard earned dosh to sort it out .........
 
Yup, crack on and get it wrong then BT will take lots of your hard earned dosh to sort it out .........
Oh the usual BT Open Reach spiel about "if its not our fault the charge will be ÂŁ145"

The last engineer that turned up at my place I told him its a fault at the exchange and it was, when the night shift come in to move/reroute circuits and they pull the wrong one out they just leave it until someone reports a fault.
 

Reply to telephone point - re connecting issue in the DIY Electrical Advice area at ElectriciansForums.net

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Electrician Courses Green Electrical Goods PCB Way Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Pushfit Wire Connectors Electric Underfloor Heating Electrician Courses
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc
This website was designed, optimised and is hosted by Untold Media. Operating under the name Untold Media since 2001.
Back
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock