Re-wiring a very dodgy phone socket.

[Thermostathelp]

I admit that I am partly to blame for this one.
I urgently needed to hook up broadband about a year ago, so soldered the phone wires up as pictured below.
Now that I am in the process of decorating the hallway, I really need to sort out the mess I have partly created.

From the pictures provided, can someone tell me if firstly I have purchased the correct phone socket to replace what is already there, or does it need a proper BT one?

This is how my socket is currently laid out, the wire on top is broadband, the wire below is phone.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9255/cimg12440wc.jpg

This is the other side of the bottom base plate.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2749/cimg12467gn.jpg

And pictures of what is going on inside.

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/3498/cimg12489sz.jpg

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/7704/cimg12497uo.jpg

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/9524/cimg12505ps.jpg

This is what I have bought.

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/3047/cimg12515tw.jpg

???

 

[Adam_151]

No, thats an extension as opposed to master socket, and evn if you got a master one, you shouldn't mess with the bt socket.

My advice would be to careful remove the paint from the existing sockets, and rewire your extensions into the extension wiring panel as oposed to plugging them in

 

[Thermostathelp]

No, thats an extension as opposed to master socket, and evn if you got a master one, you shouldn't mess with the bt socket.

My advice would be to careful remove the paint from the existing sockets, and rewire your extensions into the extension wiring panel as oposed to plugging them in

So you'd install the extension socket next to the existing BT one, and wire the extension socket into the removable front panel of the BT one?

Can I buy a BT socket ( just to neaten things up a bit ), or are they not on general sale?

 

[breezer]

i think what is being said is this.

you shoud hard wire your extensions into the removable part of the existing socket, since that is what it is for, it also looks neater.

you should connect across 2 & 5 for the line and 3 for the ringer, all sockets should be connected to the same terminals, so that 2 at the master socket is 2 on the next socket and so on, similarly for 5 & 3, and no you cant buy a bt socket, but no one says you cant accidentaly paint it

 

[Thermostathelp]

Thanks all, works a treat.
Sorted all my electrical problems this weekend thanks to this site.

 

[andy]

and no you cant buy a bt socket, but no one says you cant accidentaly paint it

a master socket is a master socket. doesnt have to have BT stamped on it

 

[plugwash]

no but bt are known to get bit*hy sometimes if you break the rules especially when there are hard to trace problems and replacing the BT master socket is breaking the rules.

whilst they are likely to have a hard time making a prosecution stick because it would be almost impossible to prove who did it they can blame it for problems and charge huge rates for replacing the stuff with BT kit again before they fix the real fault in thier own stuff.

and in much of the country bt are a monopoly so you can't just tell them to go f*ck themselves and find a new supplier if you have problems with them.

 

[andy]

no but bt are known to get bit*hy sometimes if you break the rules especially when there are hard to trace problems and replacing the BT master socket is breaking the rules.

whilst they are likely to have a hard time making a prosecution stick because it would be almost impossible to prove who did it they can blame it for problems and charge huge rates for replacing the stuff with BT kit again before they fix the real fault in thier own stuff.

and in much of the country bt are a monopoly so you can't just tell them to go f*ck themselves and find a new supplier if you have problems with them.

i think the paint idea is the best here...

or try and get a BT master phone socket... have a few telewest, but i doubt that would go down too well... or just say telewest added it