Chopped through overhead wires!

Tom Stanley · 02-10-2007, 17:15

Hi everyone,

This is really urgent! A friend chopped through the wires that come into the persons house (the black overhead wire), and I need to know how to fix it! Is there a piece of equipment I could use, or should I solder it back together?

Thanks,

Tom

**Graham M** · 02-10-2007, 17:17

You mean the BT Phone LIne?

Tom Stanley · 02-10-2007, 17:20

Yes, the wire before it comes into the house.

Alanmelon · 02-10-2007, 17:56

Sounds like a call out to BT.

Halcyon · 02-10-2007, 20:41

There isn't anything you can change yourself on that one so a call to Bt seems the only way.

v0id · 02-10-2007, 21:55

How would one accidentally cut through a BT overhead wire :/

danielf · 02-10-2007, 21:56

Have you tried tying them together?

Paul · 03-10-2007, 07:24

Call BT, explain what has happened and tell your mate to get his credit card ready as he will have to pay for it. You cannot repair the cable yourself and to be honest if you are careless enough to cut through a very obvious cable then you need to learn the hard way not to do it again.

southwell · 03-10-2007, 07:30

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Originally Posted by Paul

Call BT, explain what has happened and tell your mate to get his credit card ready as he will have to pay for it. You cannot repair the cable yourself and to be honest if you are careless enough to cut through a very obvious cable then you need to learn the hard way not to do it again.

Especially as you could degrade his service by trying to patch it up yourself.

**Graham M** · 03-10-2007, 08:04

And besides, what would you do with a soldering iron an 2 sets of wires!?!

dragon · 03-10-2007, 08:12

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Originally Posted by v0id

How would one accidentally cut through a BT overhead wire :/

Maybe if it was passing though a tree that you were trimming at the time

Tom Stanley · 03-10-2007, 11:33

OK, thanks for the info everyone. I went to see him at about 7pm last night to tell him he'll probably have to phone BT, but he's too busy running round Calderdale trying to find an independant to fix it!

God knows how he cut it, he was pointing a house, and must have just decided to get some scissors and cut it

Thanks for the help,

Tom

**Chris** · 03-10-2007, 12:20

He may have trouble finding someone qualified to fix it who is prepared to do it - the wire outside the house is very much a job for BT engineers only, it's not like tacking extension wires round your skirting board. It's quite possibly illegal for anyone else to touch it.

Wicked_and_Crazy · 03-10-2007, 12:25

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Originally Posted by Zeph

And besides, what would you do with a soldering iron an 2 sets of wires!?!

errmm join the left hand one to the right hand one of the same colour ?

dragon · 03-10-2007, 12:48

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Originally Posted by Chris T

He may have trouble finding someone qualified to fix it who is prepared to do it - the wire outside the house is very much a job for BT engineers only, it's not like tacking extension wires round your skirting board. It's quite possibly illegal for anyone else to touch it.

Sounds like it needs an openreach engineer