telephone socket

[betty swollocks]

Whilst 2nd fixing an extension customer has asked if I can add a phone point in new bedroom

I can drop a cable in no problem but getting back to master socket is a nightmare, other side of house @10m new tiling above, laminate everywhere else up&down

however I've noticed that there is a plug in extension from master in hall to living room

I think I've found this far end of bedroom (goes up hall wall, behind coving 4m then under laminated landing, under tiled bathroom until it crosses corner of bedroom then down wall to living room)

My questions are

can I cut this cable and joint in my new cable so the plug in extension serves both slave sockets?

Will it work correctly?

I'm assuming il still only need to connect pin 2.& 5.

Thanks

 

[Andy™]

you need 2 3 & 5 unless you fit a master. without 3, the phone wont ring (unless the phone has its own cap/resistor to split the signal)

 

[betty swollocks]

you need 2 3 & 5 unless you fit a master. without 3' date=' the phone wont ring (unless the phone has its own cap/resistor to split the signal)[/quote']Cheers Andy

I thought 3 was just for older style phones?

No harm pushing that baby home though it would make the job a ten minute doddle

 

[Andy™]

some newer phones have a built in capacitor & resistor

worst case, you can usually take term 2 & 5 and fit another master

 

[dave2]

Terminal 3 was originally used to stop 'bell tinkle' when dialling out.

The capacitor in the master box allows bt to test up to that point and determine if your phone is faulty outside of your premises.

Your phone should ring even if you omit 3.

 

[Evans Electric]

You shouldn't need term 3 anymore AFAIK just 2-5 and fit a slave as long as theres a master at the incoming . Andys' still on a GPO dial phone I think :C :shakehead:tongue in cheek

 

[Andy™]

You shouldn't need term 3 anymore AFAIK just 2-5 and fit a slave as long as theres a master at the incoming . Andys' still on a GPO dial phone I think :C :shakehead:tongue in cheek

tbh i dont really do much with phones so dont know a great deal about them. always thought they needed term 3 (well, not all, but enough)

 

[Evans Electric]

So did I M8 but as said above it term 3 was to stop other bell ringing phones from tinkling when you dialed. Nothing worse than having a tinkle when you dial .

 

[kerching]

The number 3 wire is called the 'anti tinkle wire'

It is not the capacitor that allows the line to be tested but the 'opt out of service resistor', otherwise the exchange tries to test to an open end [well thats what it was when I was at college, things may have changed ]

 

[Evans Electric]

And not to mention the "Tinkerbell Squad" less said about them the better.

Lets face it , even a newspaper can tap your phone these days!!

 

[betty swollocks]

Job worked out perflickly

Thanks lads