Extension Socket Help Required
 

Hi,

Help is rquired in how to wire an extenstion from what appears to be a very old telephone socket. on one side it has 2 black wires coming in and on the other ir has a solid blue wire from one screw terminal and and orange one from the other. What wire do I connect to which on current coloured wire to an extension socket.

Have tried to upload a picture hope it worked

Regards
Andy

Re: Extension Socket Help Required
 

Is this where the BT line comes into the property? If so, I believe you'd need to get BT to install a master socket, from which you could then wire your extension.

Re: Extension Socket Help Required
 

Iv'e got no idear this bungalow was built in the 1960's and has had one or two estentions to it, its just a wire I have found which I could run an extension from it easily.

Andy

Re: Extension Socket Help Required
 

Extensions normally use three wires, one for the voice, one for the bell and one common. The bell signal is separated from the incoming two wire cable at a master socket, hence my question. To do what you want, you'd need to use a master socket - search Amazon, for example.

Edit: Have a look here: http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wi...telephone.html

Re: Extension Socket Help Required
 

I would think that Andy needs to identify the incoming pair to the property first!
The photo could just show the original way of extending the phone wire within the property.