Hello
I`m trying to improve my home phone wiring, previously there were more than 40 metres strung up through the house a bit stupidly - I can cut this down to ten, and have the phone and router in a better position for us - also to replace the CW1308 telephone cable, which through being stapled to walls sustained a bit of damage. That`s the project in a nutshell anyway.
I should clarify the NTE5 master socket is connected to a further extension socket (by 40 metres of CW1308) - there is a micro filter for phone and adsl attached to this extension socket - nothing connected to front of the master socket.
(I admit right now I am learning an awful lot as I go, to mean there is much I do not know.)
So first off: where does BT`s property end and from where I am legally allowed to fix - this is the set up: in a small utility cabinet at the front of house (where the gas and elect metres are also) there is an old brown box:
View media item 66708
The white CW1308 cable comes out of the top and travels 5 metres to the back of the BT NTE5 Master socket.
Is it my side of the brown box or my side of the NTE5 master socket where my responsibility starts?
Next questions: this white cable from the brown box to the NTE5, when I look closely at the non-connected ends, its not copper (assuming copper can`t be silver/grey metal colour) - so what would it be and should I change it (if it is not BT`s property)??
Then: Looking at the brown box photo here, regardless of if its BT`s property or not, it just looks too much like a botch job, its very untidy. Am I right or could this be considered good work by BT?
Now the nitty gritty - you can see on the photo the brown box has:
1 - white/orange
2 - orange/white
3 - white/blue
4 - blue white
When this cable reaches the back of the NTE5, this happens:
At the very back behind the I-plate - blue/white and white/blue are connected.
Then just behind the cover: View media item 66710Outside cable`s orange/white is crimped to inside`s green/white
Outside cable`s white/orange is crimped to inside`s white/green
Outside cable`s green/white is free (not connected to anything)
Outside cable`s white/green is free
(as before - outside`s blue/white and white/blue is connected behind the I-plate)
Does that all sound good and right? is the crimping normal?
If it sounds right or awful, either way (whoever set it up) it has worked ok for years.
However since I have moved the 40 metres of unnecessary cable, it works less well - in particular the internet is noticeably much slower. When I plug into the NTE5 test socket, it works fine, so the issue would be on my side.
My main objective is changing this CW1308 cable on my side of the master socket. This will involve crimping though - which makes me wonder if it should be re-crimped or done a better way.
If you can advise it would be wonderful......
FYI
Conversely - the inside cable (running to the extension socket inside)
has:
Inside`s orange/white is connected to pin 3
Inside`s white/orange is free
Inside`s green/white crimped to outside`s orange/white
Inside`s white/green crimped to outside`s white/orange
Inside`s blue/white is connected to pin 2
Inside`s white/blue is free
I`m trying to improve my home phone wiring, previously there were more than 40 metres strung up through the house a bit stupidly - I can cut this down to ten, and have the phone and router in a better position for us - also to replace the CW1308 telephone cable, which through being stapled to walls sustained a bit of damage. That`s the project in a nutshell anyway.
I should clarify the NTE5 master socket is connected to a further extension socket (by 40 metres of CW1308) - there is a micro filter for phone and adsl attached to this extension socket - nothing connected to front of the master socket.
(I admit right now I am learning an awful lot as I go, to mean there is much I do not know.)
So first off: where does BT`s property end and from where I am legally allowed to fix - this is the set up: in a small utility cabinet at the front of house (where the gas and elect metres are also) there is an old brown box:
View media item 66708
The white CW1308 cable comes out of the top and travels 5 metres to the back of the BT NTE5 Master socket.
Is it my side of the brown box or my side of the NTE5 master socket where my responsibility starts?
Next questions: this white cable from the brown box to the NTE5, when I look closely at the non-connected ends, its not copper (assuming copper can`t be silver/grey metal colour) - so what would it be and should I change it (if it is not BT`s property)??
Then: Looking at the brown box photo here, regardless of if its BT`s property or not, it just looks too much like a botch job, its very untidy. Am I right or could this be considered good work by BT?
Now the nitty gritty - you can see on the photo the brown box has:
1 - white/orange
2 - orange/white
3 - white/blue
4 - blue white
When this cable reaches the back of the NTE5, this happens:
At the very back behind the I-plate - blue/white and white/blue are connected.
Then just behind the cover: View media item 66710Outside cable`s orange/white is crimped to inside`s green/white
Outside cable`s white/orange is crimped to inside`s white/green
Outside cable`s green/white is free (not connected to anything)
Outside cable`s white/green is free
(as before - outside`s blue/white and white/blue is connected behind the I-plate)
Does that all sound good and right? is the crimping normal?
If it sounds right or awful, either way (whoever set it up) it has worked ok for years.
However since I have moved the 40 metres of unnecessary cable, it works less well - in particular the internet is noticeably much slower. When I plug into the NTE5 test socket, it works fine, so the issue would be on my side.
My main objective is changing this CW1308 cable on my side of the master socket. This will involve crimping though - which makes me wonder if it should be re-crimped or done a better way.
If you can advise it would be wonderful......
FYI
Conversely - the inside cable (running to the extension socket inside)
has:
Inside`s orange/white is connected to pin 3
Inside`s white/orange is free
Inside`s green/white crimped to outside`s orange/white
Inside`s white/green crimped to outside`s white/orange
Inside`s blue/white is connected to pin 2
Inside`s white/blue is free