Hi Brendan
No, sorry. This is the area for SERIOUS advice. Things get a bit rough at timesOriginally Posted by brendan
Nice to know that builders have progressed beyond the "single point in the hall" approach, I wonder how much longer before the realise that people need phone sockets in almost all rooms!Originally Posted by brendan
That is the main NTE5 and has to remain where it is but you can change anything elseOriginally Posted by brendan
Presumable this means that you already have two cables attached to the removeable faceplate, one feeding SKY and one feeding the bedroom, or is the SKY one just an adapter plugged into the socket?Originally Posted by brendan
You can terminate a MAXIMUM of TWO cables to an IDC (Insulation Displacement Connector) termination otherwise it gets unreliable as the wire does not make proper contact.
Good start. Is this where you are planning on having "Node 0"?Originally Posted by brendan
Are you fitting RJ45 sockets in the rooms and using phone adaptors to connect the phones, or have you fitted phone sockets?Originally Posted by brendan
The first approach is the most flexible as any socket can be used for Phone or Data just by repatching.
If you are using RJ45, terminate each of the cables on an individual socket on the patch panel.
Choose a bank of RJ45 sockets on the patch panel as the "Source of the phone line" Connect all like numbered terminals on each of these sockets together and also connect a CAT5 cable to this running from one of your existing phone sockets (preferably the NTE5). You will need to reroute one of the existing extension cables to do this.
If you are not fitting a patch panel yet and are using normal phone sockets then you just ned to join all the cables together using a connection box like this
http://catalogue.gbtscotland.co.uk/M...roductID=16503
you will also need the inserts
http://catalogue.gbtscotland.co.uk/M...ProductID=8488
You then take a similar approach to the patch panel in that you terminate all the cables individually on the top half of the strips and then "jumper" the required connections along the bottom, again observing the "two wires max per IDC" rule.
Yes but it is more flexible and neater if you can reroute the cables to your common point.Originally Posted by brendan
Yes, you could reroute that to feed the loft and run a new cable back to the bedroom.Originally Posted by brendan
Standard telephone wiring instructions here
http://www.diyha.co.uk/telephones/pots.html
Regards
Keith