BT Slave Sockets with ADSL Filter?

Heinz

espresso wrote:

A slave socket is another word for an extension socket i.e. not the master socket. Here I have eight slave or extension sockets all fed from one ADSL filter.

We're into symantics here but I think it's generally agreed that the term 'extension socket' means a properly wired (terminals 2, 3 and 5) extension socket whereas a slave socket is a daisy-chained 'plug and go' DIY amateur's alternative.

Suffice to say, ADSL interference is very distinctive so, if you get it, fit a filter.

littleange

I was assuming the OP's socket it wired from the back of the master not the front?

espresso

Heinz wrote:

We're into symantics here but I think it's generally agreed that the term 'extension socket' means a properly wired (terminals 2, 3 and 5) extension socket whereas a slave socket is daisy-chained from the master.

OK, well I have all of the properly wired house slave/extension sockets connected to one ADSL filter. Obviously I can't exceed the REN but they are all filtered for use, if and when required.

:beer:

Missed your edit about 'plug & go' DIY alternative.

BexTech

Extension and slave are the same thing, and that was from the days I used to buy slave sockets and install them for people, yes as a trade.


They were always labelled up either master or slave, it's only the last few years where people have been installing their own sockets that they are often described as extensions.

espresso

littleange_com wrote:

I was assuming the OP's socket it wired from the back of the master not the front?

It doesn't really matter, front or back! Not everyone has a NTE5 master socket with a removable bottom section.