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  1. cruisa

    BT outdoor telephone bell

    [/url] I even have two of the Silver Jubilee editions with the special dial centre. I suppose these might become collectors items one day. That's one of the reasons I haven't converted them to PST. Sometimes these collector's pieces are preferred in their original state.
  2. cruisa

    BT outdoor telephone bell

    I sold nearly all of my 706 & 746 & Trimphones on ebay after converting & cleaning them up. Its amazing how shiny & new looking you can get them to look. I still have some Compact Jubilee phones left to convert though. You definitely don't see many of those about. Tele 776 weren't they?
  3. cruisa

    Telephone extension thingy

    Someone called 'Workington' replied :o I'm from Workington :) Anyway, in answer to the question... Its only 'legal' to wire into the front plate of a Linebox (NTE5). They are the large sockets that sort of split in two when you take the two tiny screws out of the front. You would...
  4. cruisa

    Reson8 Strobe light

    I put my meter accross the Bell + & Strobe - terminals in the control panel & I get a constant 12V So this concurs with what you said Baz.
  5. cruisa

    BT outdoor telephone bell

    Yeah, I only recovered a 746 last week & con pst. First one I've had in quite a while mind you. I wish I'd saved the hundreds that I threw away over the years. I kept a few as they became more rare & converted them to work on the 'plug & socket' system. Who'd have thought back then that...
  6. cruisa

    Telephone Connection Box & Sockets

    Sounds like its a main socket, something like a Line jack 2/1A or similar. You could just use that socket. To 'convert' it to an extension socket just snip out all components, ie Capacitor, resistor & diode. Then of course wire up terminals 2, 5 & 3 each end.
  7. cruisa

    BT outdoor telephone bell

    I've never recovered a Bell 80D (underdome) before. I've adjusted a few & changed a few in the past due to rust etc, but I don't think its worth sending an engineer out to remove a bell. I'm surprised they didn't remove the rental charge from your bill ages ago. If anyone does come to remove...
  8. cruisa

    Reson8 Strobe light

    Thanks very much for your help Baz. I don't know why, but I had another go (lol) I took the Bell Box off the external wall, then wired it direct to the panel in the loft with a new piece of cable. It just did the same thing, which I knew it would. :roll: So I've just emailed 'Security...
  9. cruisa

    Reson8 Strobe light

    Well, I've had another go. I've tested the all the wires in the cable feeding the bell Box. No disconnections, shorts or earths. Connected them all back up again checking & double checking that they are correct according to the diagram. Still the strobe flashes. So then I did the 'Factory...
  10. cruisa

    Telephone Connection Box & Sockets

    Oh you did Paul, believe me. I've just never been brave enough :lol:
  11. cruisa

    Telephone Connection Box & Sockets

    Yes. I'm afraid so :-( Moral & motivation are now at rock bottom in the company. This is my 30th year with them & like most other engineers I'm totally ****ed off with it all. Our hours are changing for the worse too, along with more compulsory Saturdays for no extra pay of course. Funny...
  12. cruisa

    Reson8 Strobe light

    Thanks again for your reply cjrboat. The green day light is iluminated in the keypad. I'll try the factory rest thing. I hope I don't have to send it back. What a pain that will be :-(
  13. cruisa

    Telephone Connection Box & Sockets

    Yeah, you could just twist the bared condutors together at the socket & look for a short circuit from the other end. It just takes longer I suppose.
  14. cruisa

    Telephone Connection Box & Sockets

    Well if I turned up to install your Featureline & you offered me a cuppa, I'd be quite happy to sort it for you. It should only take a few minutes. Good luck :-) Just don't mention the new Trackers in our vans, it may put the engineer in a bad mood (lol)
  15. cruisa

    BT Master Socket wiring problem

    Check the little spring contacts on the inside of the front plate. Sometimes one or more of them get bent & don't make contact. Or sometimes they become H/R with verdigree.
  16. cruisa

    Reson8 Strobe light

    There isn't a strobe+ terminal in the Reson8 Bell Box though :-( There is one in the control panel, but no mention of connecting that to anything in both diagrams of instructions. Both diagrams are exactly the same as well as I guess these two pieces of kit are meant to be paired together.
  17. cruisa

    Telephone Connection Box & Sockets

    Also, in an ideal world, the telephone number or extension number would be written on the inside of the BT lid corresponding to the pair number. Then the same number would appear on a label on the font of the corresponding telephone socket. Mind you, this is rarely the case, as things change &...
  18. cruisa

    Telephone Connection Box & Sockets

    At work (BT Openreach) we would use a 'Tone' & 'Amplifier'. The 'Tone' (Oscillator) puts a bleep sound on the pair of wires & you 'pick it up' using the Amplifier. Then when you short-out the pair of wires the tone stops. Have you access to this equipment at all?
  19. cruisa

    Reson8 Strobe light

    Thanks for your reply cjrboat. Yes, pressing the 'Reset' button was the first thing I did as this is what cancelled the strobe lamp on my previous system. Unfortunately this doesn't work now :-( I disconnected the -stb wire from the control panel. I notice now that the green LED isn't on in...
  20. cruisa

    Reson8 Strobe light

    Hello, I've just found this great Forum after a search on Google. I have just replaced a faulty Intruder alarm system with an Accenta mini Gen4 control panel & a Reson8 Bell Box. Everything seems to be OK apart from the strobe lamp in the Bell Box wont stop flashing. I only have one Bell Box...
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