Old Bt Master Socket Wiring Diagram
The following pictures show the standard bt telephone wiring colour code used with the bt nte5 master socket.
Old bt master socket wiring diagram. Our broadband has recently gone from 7 6mbit to less than 500kb and we suspect we are being strangled by the increase in bb uptake in ajo. Just had sky broadband installed and openreach engineer installed a new master socket in my garage disconnecting the old master socket that was installed upstairs townhouse integral garage downatsirs lounge upstairs. He made a great job of the setup and in the process replaced the master socket in my house changing the wiring arrangement as he did. This is usually what an extension socket looks.
For every cable at each socket cut the sheath at the end of a cable about 13mm 1 2 in with a pair of side cutters and expose the white nylon ripcord. It s always best to connect your bt hub to the master socket if you can. Failing to do so will open the blades permanently damaging the connector. By admin october 21 2017.
Telephone wiring colour code bt nte5 master socket. Contrary to how it might seem c1 is connected to terminals 2 3 not 1 4. On friday a bt engineer came to my house to set up bt vision and make sure it could run properly as i can currently only get broadband adsl in my area and not fibre bt infinity. If you have more than one socket the master socket is the one that will feed any extension sockets.
From the drop cable i have solid blue coming in to terminal a and white blue bands coming in to terminal b. Wiring the sockets start at the last socket and finish at the master socket. Good evening i have some very old bt possibly even gpo wiring in my house for my telephone. For much more detail.
This is where the broadband signal is strongest before it goes through any other home wiring which could cause interference. Please note you must use the correct inserter tool to push the wires in to the phone socket idc connectors. Hi this video is a very quick example of how to wire up a nte5 master socket as found in the uk on bt and virgin media telephone lines. Note that the pictorial view shown above only serves to indicate the two differing types of sockets and wiring connections.
The wiring diagram for a master lju socket is shown here. Old style bt master socket wiring diagram.