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Old 22-08-2007, 21:32   #5
OldandSlow
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Originally Posted by skatesy View Post
Apologies, I have a BT phone not Virgin but I hope someone will be kind enough to help me. I have a BT land line with 4 extensions wired directly to a junction box next to the line box. The phones (all of them) ring once, then stop. If I pick up fast enough I get connected. All phones call out OK. By disconnecting I have narrowed the fault down to one line. This goes from the junction box, out through the window to another junction box (installed by BT), then through another window to the socket. I thought I had fixed t by checking all the connections and it worked OK for a day but now is back to its old tricks. The outside junction box seems to be dry inside but it has been raining alot recently. What is the likely cause (or causes) ? Grateful for any help
I'm finding it difficult to picture the set up on your wiring. If bt installed all your extensions and they are less than a year old they are still under guarentee and bt should repair the fault. Do you have a main telephone socket (nte5) it will be larger than your extension sockets and all the extensions should be wired through it before the cable goes outside to bts external point in the street. If this is the case, disconnect the "face plate" of the main socket( the face plate is the bottom half of the front of the socket and pulls away from the main socket by removing two screws). If connected properly you should see your extensions wiring connected to this front plate, now that its disconnected only your main socket should work, plug one of your phones in that you are sure works and see if the problem persists. If the problem is gone then its either one of your extensions or something plugged into them causing the problem. Let me know more info or how you get on and I'll see if I can narrow it down.

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