Not really DIY or domestic related this one; Whilst out on another site today, i found this strange set up in the corner of the room.
What starts out looking like a DNO lead sheathed supply cable....
which comes from under ground, then terminates in an old (60s??) metal cutout, through some conduit, up to a box with ........ a BT telephone socket!!!!
I carefully removed the BT socket faceplate, not sure what to expect behind only to find 4mm2 cables (i think thats the size. Possibly 6mm2?) into choc blocks then onto telephone cables!!
Obvoulsy this is no longer the supply into this building, that is via "our own cable" in SWA from a nearby building. I guess it once was and somehow some one GPO/BT/Openreach, has tried to reuse the cores as a phone line!! I tried to trace the lead cable outside, but could see no sign of it in our ducts.
What starts out looking like a DNO lead sheathed supply cable....
which comes from under ground, then terminates in an old (60s??) metal cutout, through some conduit, up to a box with ........ a BT telephone socket!!!!
I carefully removed the BT socket faceplate, not sure what to expect behind only to find 4mm2 cables (i think thats the size. Possibly 6mm2?) into choc blocks then onto telephone cables!!
Obvoulsy this is no longer the supply into this building, that is via "our own cable" in SWA from a nearby building. I guess it once was and somehow some one GPO/BT/Openreach, has tried to reuse the cores as a phone line!! I tried to trace the lead cable outside, but could see no sign of it in our ducts.