can i diy move and alter the wiring on my bt juntion box

steveo3002

im doing some decorating soon and the wiring where the bt line comes in the house is a mess

it comes from outside into a match box sized junction box? then splits off to the 2 phones:money:

can i mess with these myself? or does the line need turning off to make it safe ?

anything to watch out for or need to know? im capable of moving the wires just unsure if messing with it will blow something or whatever

kevsan

Do you have a master socket?

Basically, anything behind that is BT. if you mess with the provider side of things BEHIND the face plate,you are in breach of the telecomms & service provider regulations.

You must NOT replace or move any of BT’s property; this includes but is not limited to the following;
The Drop cable – The cable that come’s from outside to the inside.
A junction box – If it is before the BT master socket.
Cable before the BT master socket.
Cable after the BT master socket (if BT holds ownership).

The Master line box is the "demarcation" point between your telephone equipment, wiring and BT's Exchange Line.

The reason this is so, is that everything on your side of the master, is your problem. Everything on BT's side, including the Master line box itself, is BT's problem. It needs to stay this way!

Now if you want to something along the lines of; move the Master socket (to get rid of the crap wire between that junction box and master socket) or to relocate the Master socket to where the drop cable enters your premises, then to do this is YOUR choice, if you mess it up, then you will need BT to sort it out, IF they sort it out for you that is (keep reading).

If you successfully move your Master socket to have more “high quality user-side wiring” then good for you, but it is ILLEGAL to do this, if it is clear and obvious that you moved it yourself and BT issue’s a fine and/or terminate your line. Don’t say you weren't warned.;)

steveo3002

how do i find this master socket? from what i can see i have the main cable from outside coming through the wall to a small white matchbox sized box , from there it splits off to the phones

is that what were talking about?

what if i made it look like the wire had come lose ? would they fix it then and tidy it up maybe lol