Socket ID help

Rexxar · 23 Jul 2013 at 14:40

I want to move this socket (see below) but short of shoving it under the floorboards and leaving wiring intact, i can't see how i can...

Last time i touched it, the phone line went down, so it's obviously part of the ring...

Any ideas? Or a compact alternative?

It's currently where a piece of furniture should be going :rolleyes:

thenewoc · 23 Jul 2013 at 15:36

Is it the only one you have with the exception of the extension plugged into the front?

ci_newman · 23 Jul 2013 at 15:48

That is likely to be your master socket, so where the BT line comes into the building. Where does the cable come into that box?

MissChief · 23 Jul 2013 at 16:15

Looks like your master socket so belongs to BT. You're not supposed to move it yourself but an electrician could change it to a newer NTE5 style and relocate it but hiding it under the floorboards would be a bad idea as you may need access in the future.

Rexxar · 23 Jul 2013 at 17:29

It's definitely not the master, that's in a different room and was recently modified to take the openreach face plate when infinity arrived, the infinity modem is connected directly to it.

Which still leaves me stumped about what is it , i don't think the phone wiring is that good or layed out properly in the house so won't mess with it if i can't identify it :-p

thenewoc · 23 Jul 2013 at 17:57

If it's not the master you're free to move it wherever. It may have other extensions wired off it though internally, so if you move it you may have to extend the wiring, either to the side feeding into the socket or the side going out if it has one, depending on which direction you wish to move the socket. For extra neatness you could wire your other extension from inside that socket rather than using the front socket to do so. Ideally in a domestic installation they'd usually be daisy chained off each other so each socket has a feed in from the previous and a feed out to the next.