New telephone plug

blammo

DIY newb here. I need to wire a new telephone socket and can't seem to find any decent guides online, anyone know of any or able give me some pointers?

thanks

macman

Do you mean an extension socket? In which case the standard colours are shown in the instructions.
But beware that masters are not always wired in accordance with that standard, so the best policy is just to wire the extension following the same system as the socket it's fed from.
Only two connections are required, (the ring wire is not necessary on modern phones), so not too tricky.
This may help:
http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wiring/UK_telephone/uk_telephone.html

ormus

these are the colors normally found. (although not always).
the thing to remember is that only terminals 2 and 5 are required for a domestic line.
so it doesnt really matter what colors you use, as long as you wire the correct terminals together.
although it makes sense to follow on from the colors already in use.

blammo

macman wrote: »

Do you mean an extension socket? In which case the standard colours are shown in the instructions.
But beware that masters are not always wired in accordance with that standard, so the best policy is just to wire the extension following the same system as the socket it's fed from.
Only two connections are required, (the ring wire is not necessary on modern phones), so not too tricky.
This may help:
http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wiring/UK_telephone/uk_telephone.html

errr i guess I mean an extension socket! We recently moved to a new house and there are telephone wires trailing all over the place which we want to remove, also the house has an old style master socket so I was wanting to put an extension socket next to the master socket so we could get rid of all the wires.

I already have a wire stripper but I've seen some websites talk about a crimping tool, would I really need one of those?

Ebe_Scrooge

blammo wrote: »

I already have a wire stripper but I've seen some websites talk about a crimping tool, would I really need one of those?

I did a similar thing a few years ago. I bought a new socket from B&Q or Homebase, one of those, and it came with the crimping tool in the pack. Not absolutely necessary, but it does make life a lot easier, and only costs pennies.

Ron2

I bought a 3 phone dect system, no more wires.

ic

Its a punch tool you need to push the wires into the terminals within the socket - you usually get an el-cheapo plastic one with the socket that does the job. You shouldn't be stripping the banded wires - only the white outer of the wire.

ormus

the proper insertion tool makes the job much easier.
although you can get away with using a tiny screwdriver or a blunt stanley blade.

googler

I've found the instructions, usually included with the extension sockets, to be quite helpful in the past.

diable

Siemens Gigaset wireless phones just need one socket and thats it.