Removing a telephone socket

goingsenile

Hi
I've just had my kitchen redone and in it all forgot about my phone socket.only realised tonight now that the joiner has moved all his tools and the old phone, wires and socket were sitting on the window ledge (all still working)

This is not the main socket and I would ideally like to remove it as have cordless phones so don't really need it.

How do I get rid of it ( without paying BT fortune to send an engineer).

Bit of a problem getting into it now, wire from one side behind wall units and wires from other side behind granitite worktop!

Any one any ideas?

Thanks

AJ

macman

Just remove the box and cable back to the master socket or junction point. No need to get BT in, they are not concerned with anything your side of the master socket as it's your responsibility.

goingsenile

macman wrote: »

Just remove the box and cable back to the master socket or junction point. No need to get BT in, they are not concerned with anything your side of the master socket as it's your responsibility.

Thank you for replying but I'm going to need the idiots guide here.

If for example. I cut the wires either side of the box, will that effect my other phones?

Sorry, not very DIY minded

AJ

totalsolutions

Careful there is 50Volts across two wires so don't cut them all at once it will short, cut each one at a time. There is a small current there but you could blow BT fuses somewhere then you won't have a phone. Go back to where the extension meets the incoming line and remove / disconnect from there. Really simply to do , good luck, 1 minute job.

Thriftysaver

Or open master socket and remove wires 2 (blue) 3 (orange) and 5 (blue and white). OH is a bt engineer. Hth

Thrifty

macman

goingsenile wrote: »

Thank you for replying but I'm going to need the idiots guide here.

If for example. I cut the wires either side of the box, will that effect my other phones?

Sorry, not very DIY minded

AJ

If there is one cable coming into and another leaving the box, then this is not a straighforward spur extension, it sounds more like it then continues on to another extension? So if you remove this one you might disconnect another.
Follow the cables from your master socket and work out what goes to where before you remove anything.

goingsenile

Thanks to everyone for there replies- maybe this is not as simple as I though.
I'm going to look in yellow pages and see if there is a local telephone enginineer and see if they will come and look- sure it will be cheaper than BT
AJ

macman

Any DIY man or electrician can do this for you, it's no more complicated than wiring a plug.
If you have 2 cables from the socket, it must be wired in series with another extension. If one cable only, it must be wired either straight back to the master socket. or it is the last socket in the series.
If the former, removing it will disconnect another socket. If the latter, you can remove it without affecting anything else.
Usually the layout of your sockets in relation to the master socket will make it obvious which method has been used.

goingsenile

macman wrote: »

Any DIY man or electrician can do this for you, it's no more complicated than wiring a plug.
If you have 2 cables from the socket, it must be wired in series with another extension. If one cable only, it must be wired either straight back to the master socket. or it is the last socket in the series.
If the former, removing it will disconnect another socket. If the latter, you can remove it without affecting anything else.
Usually the layout of your sockets in relation to the master socket will make it obvious which method has been used.

Hi macman
Thanks for your help. by the looks of things it is wired in series, which is where I'm concerned as I'd rather not disconnect my other connections.
I'll give my electrician a ring and see if he can do anything with it
Thanks again
Aj

ebsay2000

dont get ripped off!

find out what his call out charge will be first!

as said before it shouldnt take more than a couple of minutes......so dont get charged for an hour or mores labour, plus call out!!

Awec

It literally is a case of 2 screws, pulling out a few wires and screwing up again.