Phone extension

[mwatsonxx]

Hi guys, help please, I already have phone extensions in my house. I now want to add another, does it matter how I connect into the existing wiring? Can I Tee into the wiring or should I extend from an existing outlet?

 

[Iamchamps]

If it's just for another phone surely it would be easier to get a digital one that just requires a base unit connected to a line and the rest run wireless. You can in theory have as many phone sockets as you want as long as you don't go over the REN. I believe depending on supplier is about 4 or 5, this means you have no more than 4 or 5 phones connected at any time.

 

[bernardgreen]

to get a digital one that just requires a base unit connected to a line and the rest run wireless.

Works well until you need a working phone to call the electricity company to report a power failure..........

 

[Europlex]

mwatsonxx.244747 you know what to do then, like everyone else does, use your original phone that does not need the mains (it's in the cupboard under the stairs) or your mobile until things are corrected just like the rest of us would do.

Difficult isn't it!

 

[bernardgreen]

Europlex. I know at least three people who do not have an "original" ( line powered ) phone in the house. It was four but after recent fallen tree and snapped power lines they went and got one after borrowing one from me for the duration

 

[mwatsonxx]

mwatsonxx.244747 you know what to do then, like everyone else does, use your original phone that does not need the mains (it's in the cupboard under the stairs) or your mobile until things are corrected just like the rest of us would do.

Difficult isn't it!

Hey smarter than the average sheepdog. I don't have stairs in my bungalow.

 

[mwatsonxx]

Can somebody answer this simple question, thanks.

 

[Astra99]

To answer the original question........
Although you can splice into a telephone cable which is serving extension sockets (not the incoming cable going to the master socket - this is owned by Openreach) you are better off making the connection at an existing outlet, bearing in mind that normally a maximum of two cables may be put into an IDC connector. If you need to connect in a third cable, you are better off using 3-way gel connectors (search "gel crimps" on e-bay) to avoid potentially damaging the IDC (insulation displacement connector) on the slave socket. If you have no alternative but to splice in to an existing cable, then use a connector box (search ebay for "telephone junction box"). Don't scrimp on the cable, use good quality 100% copper CW1308 cable, avoid the copper clad aluminium cable which is much cheaper, but FAR less reliable!

HTH

 

[mwatsonxx]

To answer the original question........
Although you can splice into a telephone cable which is serving extension sockets (not the incoming cable going to the master socket - this is owned by Openreach) you are better off making the connection at an existing outlet, bearing in mind that normally a maximum of two cables may be put into an IDC connector. If you need to connect in a third cable, you are better off using 3-way gel connectors (search "gel crimps" on e-bay) to avoid potentially damaging the IDC (insulation displacement connector) on the slave socket. If you have no alternative but to splice in to an existing cable, then use a connector box (search ebay for "telephone junction box"). Don't scrimp on the cable, use good quality 100% copper CW1308 cable, avoid the copper clad aluminium cable which is much cheaper, but FAR less reliable!

HTH

Thanks for your detailed and comprehensive reply. I'll go hunting for the last extension socket and start from there, thanks again.

 

[TDavis]

I don't know where abouts you're based but I'm sure if you give these guys a ring you'd be able to get some sense from your situation. They are very good & instantly solved my telecom issues.
http://www.btengineerlondon.co.uk/telephone-services/
http://www.btengineerlondon.co.uk

 

[bernardgreen]

http://www,btengineerlondon,co,uk falls at the first hurdle

Telephone faults, Broadband speed issues, master sockets moved. Specifically telephone and broadband specialists

0203 633 1131

020 numbers should be displayed in the format 020 xxxx xxxx or (020) xxxx xxxx, with the first space always placed between '020' and the eight-digit local number.

0203 numbers, 0207 numbers and 0208 numbers should all be written as above; formats such as '0207 xxx xxxx' are incorrect. [Why?]

http://www.area-codes.org.uk/correct-phone-number-formatting.php

 

[TDavis]

Oh.... it worked though, when I called them? http://www.btengineerlondon.co.uk

I suppose it just boils down to an opinion of how fussy you show yourself to be behind a keyboard

Either way not too fussed. Was just trying to help & not have a school teacher on my shoulder.

 

[bernardgreen]

if you dial the whole string then you wil get through but ifyou dial only 633 1131 assuming you are in the same area code of 0203 then the call will fail.