BT Master Sockets

[Shutpa]

Am about to replace a BT master socket with a brass one. My problem is that the existing socket is made up of 2 parts with 2 wires going into the back piece and 3 into the part at the front. The new socket is a single unit with the normal 1 to 6 terminals. How do I wire it up?

 

[mo2]

the new socket is a master, right?

were there any intsructions with it?

 

[breezer]

officialy YOU can not change a master socket.

the reason its in two parts is so the nice bt man can unplug your house (the front half) to see if the fault is still there, if it isnt, its your problem

 

[davy_owen_88]

You should have atleast 4 cores in the cable connecting to the master socket:
blue with white bands, orange with white bands, white with blue bands and white with orange bands...

A master socket only needs 2 of these cores, the blue with white and the white with blue.

To connect a slave to a master you need the orange cores aswell.

Locate the main box where the cable enters your property and see what the cores look like. Usually there are just 2 entering your property into a box, this is then connected to the master socket with 4 core cable (of which only 2 are used, the other 2 may have been cut back to the sleeving or connected for the hell of it.

You really shouldn't mess with the master socket as its BT's property - much like the electric meter and main fuse is the DNO's property. But if you want to go ahead anyway atleast you won't be killing anyone if you make a mistake and there isn't a metal tag and label warning you not to touch.

Ultimately, if you have plenty of 4 core cable (about £10 for 100m from screwfix and a cheapo IDC tool) then you can just connect them all yourself.

1 = Not used
2 = Blue with white bands
3 = Orange with white bands
4 = White with orange bands
5 = White with blue bands
6 = Not used

Hope this is of some help.
Davy

 

[Shutpa]

Thanks Davy. What I really want to know is which of the numbered terminals do the 2 wires coming in go into?

 

[breezer]

2 & 5

 

[lookinn]

You only need 3 wires on 2 3 5 make sure that the same wires are on the the terminals on every slave socket. BT Guy