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The following may be of some help: http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wiring/UK_telephone/uk_telephone.html It's about extensions, but also covers the drop cable. I guess you'ved checked with BT and they want an arm and a leg to do it? I f not, contact them and ask them (it could amount...

That's a very good point - I had assumed the OP meant unconnected, whereas it's more likely that they only tested like-to-like. The vast majority of Scart pins are connected like-to-like, but not all. See below: http://www.leadsdirect.co.uk/technical/scartwiring.html Added Later...

Sounds like you have two cables there that are connected for RGB only i.e. no audio or composite/s-video. See the following: http://www.bnoack.com/index.html?http&&&www.bnoack.com/data/cables/scart-pinout.html You'd need to check whether your VCR does RGB-out over Scart - not all do. If...

Yep, I take your point. We actually bought on the recommendation of a local plumbing shop, but also noted the guarantee etc. as further evidence that it ought to work despite being sceptical. Presumeably some folk have a good experience with this kind of thing though? I'm tempted to try the...

I installed a Water King Sentry about 2 years now: http://www.lifescience.co.uk/domestic_conditioners_range.htm ...and I mean, meticulously installed - special care to tight, neat windings and located exactly as per the instructions. If it's having any impact on limescale I'd be surprised...

Assuming that these regulations (voluntary by a single company or otherwise) are being introduced in order to stem accidents as a result of faulty gas repairs/installations, are there any statistics about such accidents? I guess I'd be interested to see what the break-down was between...

The relay in question had blackened contacts and was failing to make contact - others have experienced exactly the same thing in this boiler. Is this a general problem with the relays used? I don't know, but it's certainly the experience of at least myself and a few others with Ravenheat...

Sorry. Swap "condenser" for "condensing heat exchanger" and that probably makes more sense :oops: . It was out of warranty. It was a Finder relay, but it was blackened and failing. I do have a link to a couple of other folk on the A1 gas forum having similar problems with both the...

We bought a Ravenheat CSI-85T boiler about 3 years ago, that was (still is?) a popular model from B&Q. We fitted it ourselves including all of the gas work and plumbing and, yes, we did get it checked over and commisioned by a (friendly) Corgi registered engineer (but only for the purposes of...

Thanks Bernard.

...because I already have a master socket, it will be done exactly as I want it when I have time to do it, and this solution provides the potential for moving to BT that is as straightforward and quick as possible, without me having to be present, if the line is already connected and...

Well...I'd say the majority of standalone dedicated amps (both normal hi-fi and surround) support two pairs of front speakers - it's something you'd have to look for in the specs, and it often does use "A" and "B" as terminology. For example...

A and B are just duplicate pairs of front speakers producing the same output. Most people only have one pair of speakers connected as fronts, but if your selected amp supports A and B pairs you can then have two pairs. The options provided are usually (always?) to have just the A pair on, just...

What make and model is your DVD surround amp? If it supports A + B front speakers, and you can meet the impedence requirements with your bathroom speakers, then you can just use the "B" outputs for the bathroom whilst continuing to use the "A" outputs in the bedroom. I currently do this with...

Sorry - sea of tangent questions in what I've put above! I guess basically it sounds like my best approach is to put up an external wall mounted junction box, drop wire into that and then off through that by my own wire into the loft and my new master socket. So... Do BT use external...

Access is dead easy - the top of the loft ladder is the foot of the chimney stack and it will be on there (that's where my NTL socket is). It's reachable without even going to the top of the loft ladder, and the whole roof is boarded anyway... I actually have my cable modem, router and network...

Thanks for the replies - very interesting! I hadn't realised my cable was so old...but that does explain some of my bemusement when reading other folk talking about their drop-cables as it didn't seem to match-up :D. The drop-cable itself goes to a pole about 8-metres away that looks like...

To put this in context...the drop wire and what's left of the internal the cable are shown below: Not exactly much to work with :( . Pulling off one of the greasy connectors and the wires are crimped: ...so I'm assuming I'll trim off below the crimps, making the length even...

That was my original aim...and the connectors and a box are already on the way (like the look of the above though, but an hours googling throws up nothing...). I've not used these gel crimps before, but I guess they have no issue connecting the thicker dropwire cable with the much thinner...

Ahh, thanks. Annoyingly I had thought the way to go was via a 77A box (insides chucked away, I guess, just to house the drop wire to CW1308 via the gel connectors) and so I bought one off Ebay together with some connectors. I didn't know the BT81A existed, but it looks much more appropriate...