Wiring domestic telephone sockets

[elsparko]

just remember G>B>O, i connect all 6 cables in phone points

 

[elsparko]

its possible to get a good connection without the tool, depending on the brand of phone point its usually quite easy to just press them in, apply pressure with fingers either side then snip off the excess

 

[Bradaz21]

I think its just 3 pair telephone cable. Also I've just plugged my.landline into the master socket and i dont get any dial tone

 

[Bradaz21]

Everything looks wired up fine and the phones indicating signal but I can't call out or register a dial tone. No other sockets are wired in at the moment.

 

[Octopus]

Also its a whole house renovation so I have about 4 to do from memory and had bought the IDC tool from screwfix.

Ask your spark to do it?

 

[littlespark]

Do you get a dial tone from the inner socket of the master? If not, then speak to your telephone company.
Oh, they might not be best pleased you have been interfering with their equipment.

 

[telectrix]

get a multimeter set on d.c. volts. across the incoming pair you should have 48V d.c.

 

[Loki]

bt feed to the master socket is probably orange & white pairs.
Test as post above

 

[dksanders]

I use BOOB to remember:

3 Orange 4 Orange/white
2 Blue 5 Blue/white
1 6

The A wire is always the solid colour

 

[Bradaz21]

I haven't touched the master socket only unscrewed it to check the connections. Should it be solid blue to the A connection?

 

[Loki]

I haven't touched the master socket only unscrewed it to check the connections. Should it be solid blue to the A connection?

doesnt matter which way round for A & B

if you take off the master socket front you will see the master socket test socket.
test your phone in that. do you get a dial tone? if not then the fault is either at the A,B connections or bt side

 

[littlespark]

You shouldn't need to unscrew the master. Only remove the small panel at the bottom. That's where you connect any extensions to.

Your incomer from BT or whoever only has 1 pair of wires.