Strange phone wiring

JoeJoe · 2012-01-19T14:05:34+00:00

Wanted to move one the phone socket extensions today.I remove the faceplate, and the wiring inside looked a bit strange.In the house there is one master socket where the phone cable from the outside is connected with 3 further extensions hard wired to it. All the sockets around the house work fine. Photo of master socket is here:Two of the extensions are wired on both ends as per usual - i.e. pins and wire colours, but the third one - the one I was looking at today is wired as follows:At the master socket end:Pin2: White with BluePin5: Blue with WhiteAll other wires are cut.On the extension socket end the wiring is as per this photo: that this is also the socket used for ADSL and phone.Is this right (I assume it is, as it works...)?If I want to use a different face plate, will I have to connect all 4 cables as per the usual way?

Jan 19, 2012 42 Replies

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198 kHz 14 years ago

Depending on how great the improvement is, it can take from a few hours up to five days for the exchange equipment to 'catch up', and therefore show a higher result on a speed test.

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Andy Burns 14 years ago

Shouldn't do as all extensions should be "behind" the filter at the master socket location.

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Mike Tomlinson 14 years ago

In article , Andy Burns writes

*Shouldnt'*, yes, but worth a try.

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