The master phone socket is the main socket where the phone line enters your home usually found in the hallway near the front door. Note that the pictorial view shown above only serves to indicate the two differing types of sockets and wiring connections.
Diy Home Telephone Wiring
Phone master socket wiring diagram. If you cant find it have a look outside for any wires entering your home then look for a white box on the wall inside. If wiring from an lju type master socket then that is covered later on. Many packets of plugs in the diy sheds come with a little diagram on the back which often follows the bs numbering. For every cable at each socket cut the sheath at the end of a cable about 13mm 12 in with a pair of side cutters and expose the white nylon ripcord. The wiring diagram for a master lju socket is shown here. Wiring inside a master socket.
The face plate on the nte5 connects user side wiring to the master socket by the dummy plug this goes into the test socket this is the socket used to test if your user side wiring is at fault. Wiring the sockets start at the last socket and finish at the master socket. If you do the logical thing and put a plug on assuming the numbers are as on the socket the phone may not ring and as adrian graham who asked for this section to be included found. Contrary to how it might seem c1 is connected to terminals 2 3 not 1 4.
Gallery of Phone Master Socket Wiring Diagram
