Replacing Sky Phone Socket
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You need twisted pair, which CW1308 and network cable are.
There's no way to tell what the cable Screwfix are selling is from the information provided.
There's no way to tell what the cable Screwfix are selling is from the information provided.
Just cause if you read the reviews someone said they used it for this purpose and there internet and phone was instantly much better.
I will ask them when I go in the shop, if not Toolstation next door has this:
https://www.toolstation.com/doncaster-cables-telephone-cable/p39009
Take it I should cancel screwfix one and get toolstations?
I will ask them when I go in the shop, if not Toolstation next door has this:
https://www.toolstation.com/doncaster-cables-telephone-cable/p39009
Take it I should cancel screwfix one and get toolstations?
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And Toolstation actually tells you what it is...
CW1308 and solid copper as it should be. That's the information you need.
You can easily mailorder shorter lengths of CW1308 if you don't need 50M.
CW1308 and solid copper as it should be. That's the information you need.
You can easily mailorder shorter lengths of CW1308 if you don't need 50M.
No point fitting though until walls are up 
Wouldn't you want to run the cable while the battens and supports are up, and the plasterboard isnt? Otherwise you'll be spending ages poking cables round and under things and generally expanding your anglo-saxon vocabulary. Or you may mean when the walls are up but the skirting isnt fitted, leaving you a nice 3in gap along every wall to run it.. in which case - crack on.
No but that crimp/slot tool so it doesn't botch the fine wires doesn't make it look like a shoddy job as if someone was tampering.
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The modern sockets don’t need a punch down tool.
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The NTE5c doesn’t need any tools except the screwdriver to attach it to the wall. Even the front clips on and off rather than screwing on.
If only it were that simple. In my case OR did that 7+ weeks ago on my UF2 migration and I still have no telephony service, it took 6+ weeks for BT to agree it was even possible despite them/OR supplying the faceplate and appropriate router to support it and several press releases to the contrary.
Yeah the newest version is MK4.
The wires go on by way of a clip that lifts.. wires poke thought and clip down... very simple.
In terms of it sticking out you can remove the whole front vdsl plate by unclipping rather than screwing off.. but it almost sticks out just as far as if you had a microfilter on it anyway.
If you remove the front plate it reveals just a simple telephone port as standard and is only a little thicker out the wall as normal too.
Reason I like the vdsl plate is you can accidentally get it kicked by kids running around like a microfilter can.
The wires go on by way of a clip that lifts.. wires poke thought and clip down... very simple.
In terms of it sticking out you can remove the whole front vdsl plate by unclipping rather than screwing off.. but it almost sticks out just as far as if you had a microfilter on it anyway.
If you remove the front plate it reveals just a simple telephone port as standard and is only a little thicker out the wall as normal too.
Reason I like the vdsl plate is you can accidentally get it kicked by kids running around like a microfilter can.
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Buy new ones, they cost pennies.
Yeah I noticed, was more just because I don't have a store near me, will need to order online..
From what I can see I basically just pull/cut the cables out of the old ones.. Then how does it work:
1) two slots, one for the blue (a) coming from master socket and other for blue cable leading outside
2) two slots, one for orange (b) coming from master socket and other for orange cable leading outside
?
Would these work:
https://www.toolstation.com/splicel...MIsrCg68uu4AIVq73tCh1bsAq_EAQYAiABEgK9OPD_BwE
From what I can see I basically just pull/cut the cables out of the old ones.. Then how does it work:
1) two slots, one for the blue (a) coming from master socket and other for blue cable leading outside
2) two slots, one for orange (b) coming from master socket and other for orange cable leading outside
?
Would these work:
https://www.toolstation.com/splicel...MIsrCg68uu4AIVq73tCh1bsAq_EAQYAiABEgK9OPD_BwE
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You’ve bought new cable? It’ll be using different colour codes.
Take one pair e.g. blue + blue/white and attach (either way round) to the wires coming from outside. Connect the other end of the pair (again either way round) to the master socket.
Take one pair e.g. blue + blue/white and attach (either way round) to the wires coming from outside. Connect the other end of the pair (again either way round) to the master socket.
This
Also can't really tell from the last picture but it looks like an obsolete dropwire (looks like a double barrelled cable) in which case you want to get rid of that/make it accessable in the future because they can stuff broadband up a treat and supposed to get replaced if you have Openreach out.
Yeah I bought the cable I posted from toolstation. It has blue, orange, blue/white stripe and orange/white stripe.
Ill get some better pics later (battens are knackering me out). From what I could tell was a cable came from outside to the junction.. then junction to socket.
Ill get some better pics later (battens are knackering me out). From what I could tell was a cable came from outside to the junction.. then junction to socket.