How to Extend Telephone Extension Cable?

macman

Following some replacement window work I find myself with an upstairs phone extension cable (hard wired) which is about 2 inches too short to reach the main socket. Unfortunately this also supplies the socket where my router connects. The guy doing the window had to cut around the BT drop wire which comes in to an old 'lozenge' type master socket just inside and above the front door. Not really his fault, but when refitting it he drilled the access slot for it about 2 ins lower than previously-so the upstairs cable is now too short-the deal was that I would reconnect the 2 extensions...
Recabling all the way upstairs to the extension would involve lifting furniture, fitted carpets and floorboards. Can I just splice a few ins of cable on to avoid this? if so, what sort of connector should I use? I was thinking of a small lighting circuit type connector but not sure what is best-I only have 2 wires to connect obviously, but phone wire seems very brittle and hard to work with.
I can't think of any other way of doing this...OR will not replace the socket with a modern one NTE5 unless it's actually faulty, which it isn't. And even then they wouldn't connect that extension without a further charge. The ground floor extension runs in the other direction and is still fine.

Yorkie1

It would be sensible to be able to splice them together - could you have a look at the BT online shop at least to get an idea of what they offer, you could then compare it with other online sellers?

diable

Twist the cables together then use white tape on the joint bobs your uncle fannies your aunt ............

macman

diable wrote: »

Twist the cables together then use white tape on the joint bobs your uncle fannies your aunt ............

Thanks, that did occur to me -but will I still get 7 megs using that hi-tec solution though?

diable

macman wrote: »

Thanks, that did occur to me -but will I still get 7 megs using that hi-tec solution though?

Use solder and you might even get 8 megs ;o))))))

[Deleted User]

Hi,

what about something like these?

macman

Thanks frugal, I've just bought one of those on eBay and will report my findings when it arrives.
Which hopefully will be soon, as I'm getting my ear bent for temporarily relocating my router to the lounge table-anyone know if they make stripped pine router covers?

[Deleted User]

Hi,

you could try some good old fashioned fablon. :rotfl:

macman

Just to report that frugal's eBay splicers arrived today and did the trick (I was dubious when I saw them but they worked very well), I've still got my 7 megs, and the OH is happy that the 'funny box thing' has vanished from the lounge.
The only odd thing about these splicers is that the two cable entries come in from the same direction, so you can't make a smooth join-it would have made sense to make them with a cable entry at each end and place the splicing device in the centre. But cosmetic aspects apart, they do the job as described.
Thanks for the tip frugal.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

glad you're sorted, hope you didn't buy the roll of fablon.