BT phone wiring

joelk2 · 19 Oct 2015 at 10:54

hello folks,

does anyone know anything about phone wiring.

im in the process of renovating my house that ive just bought. it an old 1900's property and its full of crazy.

ive just ordered fibre broadband and i was suprised to find that no engineer needs to visit my property.

ive got no master socket (in the regular sense where you can take off the bottom half of the faceplate) but in the hallway i have what resembles an extension faceplate with wires running to 2 things which look like this :-

http://www.samhallas.co.uk/collection/subs_apps/bt_six_colours.jpg

Don't hotlink images - Rilot

can anyone explain these?

can i get a length (ooh err) of CAT5e connect them up to those jobby wotzits and move my (extension looking box) to somewhere more convenient?

or do i need different cable.

my property has a real life telephone pole and a cable running to the property.

moogle · 19 Oct 2015 at 11:05

Looks like the junction box I used to have. It just connects the drop wire with your internal wiring to a socket.

Skiddley · 19 Oct 2015 at 15:35

We had the same in our 1900 place. I replaced it for a modern version (a standard openreach 85B from memory), and then everything beyond it (master socket + extensions).

I know the pedant police will say this is unlawful, but who cares

LeeUK · 20 Oct 2015 at 00:28

I had one of these little boxes on my window sill connecting the outside cable to the inside cabling. Then the window installers stuffed it into the wall cavity when I had PVC windows put in.

joelk2 · 20 Oct 2015 at 08:49

cheers folks. i actually have 2 of these boxes.

I think i will replace it and everything from that point also (moving it to a more convenient location) im assuming i can use a cat5e cable instead? or it is some kind of special wire?

on a similar note, wheres the cheapest place to get the items from?

a junction box
100m cat5e solid core cable
nte5 box
rj45 faceplates

Skiddley · 20 Oct 2015 at 09:00

As longs as it's solid core, and not stranded, should be ok.

Brozart · 20 Oct 2015 at 09:59

joelk2 said:
cheers folks. i actually have 2 of these boxes.

I think i will replace it and everything from that point also (moving it to a more convenient location) im assuming i can use a cat5e cable instead? or it is some kind of special wire?

on a similar note, wheres the cheapest place to get the items from?

a junction box
100m cat5e solid core cable
nte5 box
rj45 faceplates

Replace that box with a BT80a junction box, then you can downsize to CW1308 cable from the outside telephone cable, easier to run and discrete - BT use CW1308 cable, its high quality and solid core. I'm going to start testing my line with a oem VDSL faceplate as I doubt I'd benefit from one with a rein filter (such as openreach mk2, 3 or NTE-2005).

More in my build thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28668981&postcount=102

joelk2 · 20 Oct 2015 at 10:12

Brozart said:
Replace that box with a BT80a junction box, then you can downsize to CW1308 cable from the outside telephone cable, easier to run and discrete - BT use CW1308 cable, its high quality and solid core. I'm going to start testing my line with a oem VDSL faceplate as I doubt I'd benefit from one with a rein filter (such as openreach mk2, 3 or NTE-2005).

More in my build thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28668981&postcount=102

cheers.

been following your thread anyways buddy.

where did you get your stuff from?

Brozart · 20 Oct 2015 at 10:46

I managed to get all I needed from the bay - "BT TELEPHONE MASTER SOCKET, VDSL2 FILTER FACEPLATE, BOX, IDC PUNCH, TOOL KIT" + CW1308 cable and BT80a junction box from the same supplier