Connecting an old bell ringer to my phone system

b33k34 · 2005-11-26T17:25:42+00:00

I've just moved my master socket and replaced it with a new one. Twowires come into the house and (per the POTS info on iconnected these to terminals 2 and 5 in the back of the socket. phoneand net now working fine.However, the house has, on the wall in the hallway, a very nice oldbell ringer. This used to work and made a hell of a racket. Reallynice - no missed calls from buried DECT handsets.However, i cant work out how to connect this. It used to work but inthe course of various DIY projects it was disconnected and i've mislaidmy wiring notes. it has two wires connected to it - where do i connectthese?The old master socket had an internal connection block for a wiredextension but this one doesnt. i tried connecting directly across 2and 5 but that just made the line busy. So what next?

Nov 26, 2005 21 Replies

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Helen Deborah Vecht 20 years ago

Owain typed

My BT Extension Booster only allowed another four downstream. Do newer models allow more?

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Owain 20 years ago

I didn't know the model had changed. I don't think I'm wrong.

Owain

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