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Hi all,
My mother is coming into the world of the internet and I am looking at a provider for her, its looks like we will go with BT standard broadband and will purchase the Hub 4 router which will be required, the poblem is ther is no electric socket in the vicinity of the phone incomer (which incidently is were she wants the Hub to sit) so i have to run a discreet extension lead atop the skirting, over the door frame, and then under the table were it will probably just lie on the floor for the hub to be plugged in!!
I aim to make this as discreet as possible and given that the only thing that will ever be plugged in at the extension (hub) end will be the Hub itself Therefore, Can anyone recommend the smallest size of Flex i can use for this, I am uncertain what power is drawn by the Hub but suspect its very little!

Any advice warmly welcomed.

Russ
 
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You might be better to consider running a telephone line to the location of the available mains socket and locating the hub there (mothers are used to having their wishes ignored). But in answer to your question, the smallest cable you can locate rated for mains use will be more than large enough.
 
You might be better to consider running a telephone line to the location of the available mains socket and locating the hub there (mothers are used to having their wishes ignored).

How many cables will plug into the hub? If its just the phone line (wi-fi for everything else) then Jackrae's suggestion would be sensible.
If you need to have a few Ethernet things connected to the hub (I have) then extending the mains would be the way to go.

If you do run a mains extension, then please select the correct size fuse at the plug end. The size will depend on how thick the cable is.
 
If you do run a mains extension, then please select the correct size fuse at the plug end. The size will depend on how thick the cable is.
Well, the 'thickness' of the cable dictates the maximum size of fuse that could be used, but for just the BT hub, 'the smallest fuse one could find' would be more than adequate - a 1A one would be ideal, but they're not so easy to come by in retail outlets, so it's likely to be 3A - and that should be OK for any mains-rated cable.

Kind Regards, John
 
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0.75sq.mm three core mains rated flex should be fine to power the BT internet hub, use a 3amp fuse in the plug.
 
Just make sure you use three-core cable, even if the hub doesn't require an earth. You never know when an adapter and a brass lamp will magically appear because there's a new socket to plug in to.
 
Remember extending the telephone line can affect the broadband line speed or reliability. Less so perhaps with it being the standard option rather than the high speed options but it could be a consideration.

How about extending the (12V?) lead from the mains adaptor?
 
Remember extending the telephone line can affect the broadband line speed or reliability..
In theory every extra length of cable can potentially affect it, but so long as the proper cable and connection methods are used, a few extra feet inside the house will have no significant effect for all practical purposes against what could be up to several miles of line from the house back to the DSLAM in the exchange or a remote unit.

Even with FTTC, unless the cabinet is pretty much right outside the house where the line enters, a few feet of extra cable will be insignificant against the probably several hundred feet from the NTE back to the cabinet.
 
Remember extending the telephone line can affect the broadband line speed or reliability..
In theory every extra length of cable can potentially affect it, but so long as the proper cable and connection methods are used, a few extra feet inside the house will have no significant effect for all practical purposes against what could be up to several miles of line from the house back to the DSLAM in the exchange or a remote unit.
Indeed, but I suspect he was thinking about a (non-ideal) connection rather than the extra length of cable. In reality, I suspect the average domestic user would not notice the difference even if there were (one) pretty awful connection and a few feet of extra cable.

Kind Regards, John
 
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Remember extending the telephone line can affect the broadband line speed or reliability..
In theory every extra length of cable can potentially affect it, but so long as the proper cable and connection methods are used, a few extra feet inside the house will have no significant effect for all practical purposes against what could be up to several miles of line from the house back to the DSLAM in the exchange or a remote unit.
Indeed, but I suspect he was thinking about a (non-ideal) connection rather than the extra length of cable. In reality, I suspect the average domestic user would not notice the difference even if there were (one) pretty awful connection and a few feet of extra cable.

Kind Regards, John


Thanks John, I was indeed - though based on personal experience I have tested and measured significant enough gains in line speed when using a short cable (with minimal connections from faceplate to modem) compared to long extensions to stick my modem/router close to the outlet. Perhaps the home environment offers more opportunities for EMI to have an effect?
That was after moving to FTTC. Previously on 'normal' broadband I had my modem up the loft! :LOL:
 

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