Wasn't sure whether to put this in here or in the networking section, if its in the wrong place then please feel free to move it.
Currently re decorating the living room and I am going to be replacing all light switches, sockets etc with brushed metal versions. I also wish to replace the telephone master socket and have purchased a new faceplate from screwfix for this purpose. I presumed it would just be a case of taking the old one off and wiring the new one up in the same way but the back of the new one is slightly different so I am not sure if I can actually use it or not? I've done a bit of googling but I'm not really any further forward apart from finding a lot of people saying you aren't supposed to change these as they belong to BT. I'm not particularly interested in that argument, its my house and I'd like it to look nice. The previous owner was a heavy smoker and so the current faceplate is stained yellow, not to mention the plaster and paint marks from the redecoration. If BT ever have to come out and do any work and complain about it I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. So anyways a few questions:
- Will the new socket I have actually work?
- Any advice on how I go about wiring it up? Most googling I have done refers to wiring up the BT sockets themselves rather than ones like my replacement.
- Is this likely to have any effect on my internet speed? If its going to adversely affect that then I probably wont bother and just look into getting a new white socket of the same design so although it wouldn't be the same as everything else, it would at least be passable compared to the current one. Actual telephone connection I don't care about, although we pay for a land line, we don't have a phone and probably never will, just use the mobiles.
Any advice would be much appreciated, pictures below.
Currently re decorating the living room and I am going to be replacing all light switches, sockets etc with brushed metal versions. I also wish to replace the telephone master socket and have purchased a new faceplate from screwfix for this purpose. I presumed it would just be a case of taking the old one off and wiring the new one up in the same way but the back of the new one is slightly different so I am not sure if I can actually use it or not? I've done a bit of googling but I'm not really any further forward apart from finding a lot of people saying you aren't supposed to change these as they belong to BT. I'm not particularly interested in that argument, its my house and I'd like it to look nice. The previous owner was a heavy smoker and so the current faceplate is stained yellow, not to mention the plaster and paint marks from the redecoration. If BT ever have to come out and do any work and complain about it I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. So anyways a few questions:
- Will the new socket I have actually work?
- Any advice on how I go about wiring it up? Most googling I have done refers to wiring up the BT sockets themselves rather than ones like my replacement.
- Is this likely to have any effect on my internet speed? If its going to adversely affect that then I probably wont bother and just look into getting a new white socket of the same design so although it wouldn't be the same as everything else, it would at least be passable compared to the current one. Actual telephone connection I don't care about, although we pay for a land line, we don't have a phone and probably never will, just use the mobiles.
Any advice would be much appreciated, pictures below.