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Tonupsuzie,your master socket should really not be in a porch,check the copper terminals on the removable part of the NTE5 and make sure they are clean and not getting damp,you only need to connect terminals 2,5,3 to any sockets after the NTE,if you have solid coloured wires keep the same...

If your old phone has still got spade terminals for connecting to the network ,then I would say that the internal circuitry will need altering.This is accomplished by altering the straps on the cicuit board internally ,depending on what series phone you have got,300 ect,you will need a circuit...

Bestda ,when you say' two wires coming out of the grey box,one going to the old master socket and one going to another socket,can you explain that more clearly.If you have an old master socket ,not an NTE5, then BT should come and convert it for an NTE5 free of charge.When they have done this If...

Tickly T is correct,also I have found a few posts that are giving incorrect advice regards colour codes on the wiring,the correct code is Blue with small white band 2/White with small blue band 5/Orange with small white band 3.It does not matter if other colours are used as long as they are...

That looks a complete bodge,The correct way if you are having anything laid over the cable would be to have the duct extended to your wherever you need the ug cable to surface,you can do this yourself and BT should supply you with the duct.The ug feed should then be replaced in one continuos...

Assuming you are connecting your extension to the removable portion of the master socket,nte 5,your connections are ,Terminal 2=blue with the small white marking .Terminal 5=white with small blue marking,Terminal 3=orange with small white marking.Keep to the same terminals in your ext socket.

Thanks for all the replies,will contact council monday. regards

Thanks big all,so does that mean that being as my nieghbours path is 4ft higher than my path he might only be allowed to erect a 2ft 6inch fence on his side of the said wall and then I would looking at a 6ft 6inch high fence from my side of the wall/fence

My neighbours property is separated from mine by a 4 foot brick wall which goes to the end of our gardens.The properties are on a similar level but at the start of the gardens at the rear of our properties the level alters and my neighbour is then about 4 foot higher than me.He has now started...

Thanks for the replies,Bernard,if I knock a copper earth rod into the ground and earth the caravan chassis to this would that be okay as a backup to the supplied earth from the meter

There is a meter and fuse out side the van which connects to the van via a round cable and a round socket,similar to a tow bar connection if you know what I mean,this connects inside to another small consumer unit with fuses for lights and a radial circuit.The existing cable I now remember is...

Hi,I have a static caravan that I would like to add a couple of sockets to. 1,does the work come under part P 2,Can I use normal 2.5 twin and earth 3,The existing circuit is a radial supplied by a 16 amp supply.Can this be extended. regards

I am topping up a garden area that as been raised so I will be putting the topsoil on top of existing soil.This will eventually be a small veg/herb garden so should I be mixing anything with the topsoil and what quality would be ok.

How do I caculate for top soil.I want to fill an area approx 4x4 mtres and 400mm deep.Also do you buy soil by the mtre or weight. regards

If you have not got a Bt linebox on the end of your dropwire you will have some explaining to do if or when you need an engineer to visit for a fault.Ok you can buy a box that looks like a BT box and everything will work if wired up ok,but problems start when you have to call them out and the...

All areas will have a mixture of copper and ali cable from exchange to the cabinets and up to the pole top.As one length of ali goes faulty it would be replaced with copper but there would still be lengths of ali with BB going through it.

You could use your method,but it was quicker to make the line diss and then measure to the diss with a scope that then gave you a measurement in metres to the fault from the scope ,a lot easier I would say.

There was a lot of aluminium cable used a few years ago when copper was in short supply.The ali was ok till a joint leaked and water penetrated the cable,the ali then turned to powder in places ,but the line still worked albeit noisy.To find where the fault was we used to megga the faulty pair...

Flyingpig,Ist of all,are the wires that you are talking about definately coming from the telegraph pole or junction box situated on the outside wall,ie are you sure it's the incoming line.If you have taken the line over legally from an outgoing tenant then everything should have been left in...