Re: BT Master Socket - Comfort - ADSL etc etc etc

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nigel

I am now confused!! - The comfort manual mentions 2 BT Master Sockets

http://www.comfort.org.uk/images/supp11.gif
http://www.comfort.org.uk/images/supp1.gif

I have also found that to comply as much as possible with BT Wiring
standards I should be using CW1308 cable to extend the run to node zero.

Ben

On 23 Jun 2008, at 15:47, Nigel Giddings wrote:

> Ben,
>
> What you suggest sounds fine in principle except for installing two
> master sockets. You will only need one, installing two will add more
> capacitance to the line which should be avoided. When routing through
> comfort you have the Tel In and Tel out connections which are 2 wires
> only, you need to keep the third wire connected through comfort and
> pass
> all three wires to all slave sockets... Hope this makes sense.
> Remember
> to maintain the twisted pair on the voice pair and to run the ringing
> wire in a separate pair. If you do not respect the pairs your phones
> will suffer interference from electrical equipment...
>
> Nigel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Ben McCormack
> Sent: 23 June 2008 14:59
> To: UKHA Mailinglist
> Subject: [ukha_d] BT Master Socket - Comfort - ADSL etc etc etc
>
> All
>
> I am trying to get my head around the wiring I need to do for the BT
> Master Socket, Comfort and ADSL.
>
> The current situation is as follows
>
> Incoming BT Line into a very old BT Connection Box then onto BT Master
> Socket in the Lounge.
>
> I would like to achieve the following
>
> Current Master BT Socket is in the wrong place - I would like it to be
> in the new node zero location about 20m away
> ADSL Router also located in Node Zero
> Telephone Wiring to Comfort that is also located in Node Zero (Comfort
> has ringer module)
> Telephone will be distributed over Cat5 Structured wiring
>
> I know playing with the BT Socket is wrong but I would like to do the
> following
>
> Take Incoming BT line and join to CAT5 to node Zero using Krone
> Punchdown connection Box
> (http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/GPJB1.html
> <http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/GPJB1.html>
> )
>
> Once in Node Zero wire Cat5 into BT Master Socket and use ADSL
> Faceplate splitter to feed to ADSL Router
>
> Wire Voice Connections into Comfort tel in
>
> Wire from Comfort tel out to secondary BT Master Socket
>
> From the secondary BT Master Socket wire into the structured wiring
> to distribute the voice connections
>
> Now I have 2 questions
>
> 1. Will this all work? and is this a sensible way of doing it all?
>
> 2. I am not 100% sure of the connections on the Comfort side. I have
> been looking at the following wiring diagram
>
> I think it all makes sense apart from this business of having to
> connect the pin 3 (Ringer) Between the 2 Master Sockets. How do I make
> this in reality? I cant think of a way of doing it without it becoming
> messy?
>
> Cheers
> Ben
>
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