Master telephone socket wiring diagram. Wiring inside a master socket. The green black is for an additional line entering your premises can also be used as spare wires if the orangeblue become faulty. 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. If wiring from an lju type master socket then.
If you want to know how to run telephone extensions or. R1 service resistor r2 bell wire resistor c. Many packets of plugs in the diy sheds come with a little diagram on the back which often follows the bs numbering. For every cable at each socket cut the sheath at the end of a cable about 13mm 12 in with a pair of side cutters and expose the white nylon ripcord.
The following pictures show the standard bt telephone wiring colour code used with the bt nte5 master socket. A circuit diagram of the bt openreach nte5c telephone master socket. C1 18mf capacitor r1 470kw out of service resistor r2 bell wire resistorchoke colouring says w meter reads 77w inside the nte5c telephone master socket 5c. Failing to do so will open the blades permanently damaging the connector.
If no nte5 is installed the next section explains all about installing an nte5 and the user wiring. The standard plugs encountered are the small rj11 found on line cords at the telephone or modem end and the bt431a plug at the socket end. Telephone wiring colour code bt nte5 master socket. Wiring the sockets start at the last socket and finish at the master socket.
Please note you must use the correct inserter tool to push the wires in to the phone socket idc connectors. Contrary to how it might seem c1 is connected to terminals 2 3 not 1 4. For much more detail then please watch my longer 22 minute. Here in the uk a choice was made to move a ring component which enables the telephone to ring out of the telephone and into the master socket.
Master socket wiring the orange and the blue is the incoming line. I was having some broadband issues a few weeks ago and to determine whether or not the problem was with my isp or phone line i took off the front of the socket to plug my routerphone into the test port as i had no internet through the normal port it ended up being an isp problem. Hi all i need some help wiring up my master phone socket. Note that the pictorial view shown above only serves to indicate the two differing types of sockets and wiring connections.