Help - Anyone seen an external phone line with 3 inner yellow cables?

Barkered

Accidently cut my external line and not sure whether the 3 yellow cables are normal as I can't find a diagram anywhere?

Any help appreciated!!

DoaM

A photo might help.

grumpycrab

I guess there are more than just 3 yellow wires?
https://www.telecomgreen.co.uk/home-phone-repair/the-secret-life-of-bt-dropwire-telephone-cable/

Barkered

Barkered wrote: »

Accidently cut my external line and not sure whether the 3 yellow cables are normal as I can't find a diagram anywhere?

Any help appreciated!!

Hi, yes that's it.

Barkered

Yep. That's the one...Although the article doesn't mention the 3 yellows in the image.

grumpycrab

Barkered wrote: »

Yep. That's the one...Although the article doesn't mention the 3 yellows in the image.

The comments below the article refer to " steel span wires".

Barkered

Cool. - Steel span wires...Are they for strength?

Owain_Moneysaver

yes.

And they hurt if you stab your fingers on the ends. That's why there's a little black sleeve to go over the end of the cable with only the telephone pair pointing out.

Barkered

Thank you!

All the wiring diagrams we can find seem to have a blue wire but we obviously don't have that. - I am guessing the style I have is older?

grumpycrab

About time you explained what you have.

Barkered

??
I am guessing it's a BT dropwire, as per the article in this thread.

Trying to connect it to an internal master socket...