Phones and Cat5 Patch (Was: Re: Wiring question...)

["Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Ross McKillop <home@i...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just a quick question that sort of follows on from this, what is
the
> best/easiest way to distribute phones around the house... I have
> incoming lines in node zero (currently just bare ends - no master
> socket).
>
> Can I just connect the pair wires across 4 ports on a patch panel
(i
> dont know if that made sense the way i said it) to create 4 ports
that
> are all on the same line, and then patch house sockets into this
all
> with PSTN Master RJ45 -> Phone adaptors
>
> -or-
>
> Would it be better to have a master socket with the three wires
coming
> out of that (normally for an extension) connected across the patch
> panel ports and use regular adaptors?
>
> And is it that simple (daisy-chaining the ports) or do i need some
> other way of connecting them to the patch bay..
>

I have taken the approach of splitting the feed from the master
socket in Krone blocks to provide 2 x 5 cat5 cables that plug into
ports in the patch panel at node zero. I then use adapters for the
phones.

If I ever get round to it I plan to snip the BT plug off the phones
and put an RJ45 on instead so that I can do away with the adapters.