Thread: Tidying Cables
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Old 17-05-2011, 18:57   #3
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Re: Tidying Cables

Thanks for the quick reply
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Originally Posted by Rob View Post
The official line is that you as the customer cannot alter the cables. If you get it wrong you potentially can affect the quality of your own services. In extreme cases you can also affect those of your neighbours. Messing with the phone line, on the street side of the master socket can be agains the terms of telephony provisions.
That is what I'd expected.
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I anticipate there is a junction box on the outside of the house (usually brown in colour) into which the drop cable from the street cabinet will connect. From this your phone line wire and the broadband coaxial can be run.
You anticipate correctly.
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Changing the phone line from that junction bo to the new master socket location is relatively easy. You might need some of those jelly connectors and a punch down tool. Just make sure the phone cable you get is suited to eternal use, i.e. the sheathing is UV resistant.
Ok, I had no intention of replacing the outside wire as its connection at the junction box is dubious to say the least (the whole box looks like the foxes have investigated it, it is certainly not watertight and it comes away from the wall in high winds, however since I share it with the downstairs flat I don't want to meddle with it. The engineer also didn't comment on it when he came to connect the telephone line so I'm assuming it's not that much of an issue - this is vaguely backed up by the fact that everything still works). My original idea was just to extend the connection from the current wire ends using some jelly connectors. Punch down tool also got.
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The coaxial for the broadband is more of a challenge. The connectors are mecahnically crimped, rather than the DIY screw on things you get for most satelite things. More improtant is the quality of the cable. It is not standard satelite grade co-axial. Indeed it's identification is quite difficult. I've seen numerous posts on this subject over the years and never seen the same thing mentioned twice. The common reference seems to be RG6, but that doesn't seem to mean a lot when you check sites such as Maplins.
This is what I suspected also, it means that if I try to remove the current connector to shorten the cable I'll probably end up with a connector I can't re-connect.
Ok, well screwfix sell RG6 cable, so this with the standard co-ax connectors should do for the internal wires (eg the ones after the isolator).
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