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Telephone extension cable
We have a BT 3505 digital 3 phone system. The master phone is in the
dining room, a slave phone is in the lounge and the third one is in our bedroom. (Until recently, we have both been on call 24/7) The BT telephone cable terminated under the stairs and I ran an extension to our old phone around the floor, hidden by the carpets. Due to various changes to the flooring, I am unable to do the same again. No problem thought I, I'll run it around the ceiling where the eye does not often travel. In the mean time I slung up a 10 M. extension over the doors till I could get a round tuit. The other day, I bought a 20 M extension because I couldn't source a 15 M one. The total wire length would have been about 10 to 12 M. Now comes my problem. After drilling a hole in the wall and passing the plug towards BT's socket, I pinned it up to run along the ceiling to the socket in the lounge that shares the internet router and the master digi phone. I used my mobile to test the line. All was well. I woke this morning to find a note from my wife, saying that the house phone was giving the message that the number called was not recognized. Lo and behold I got the same :-( Switched back to the 10 M line and everything works fine. Is this because... 1 I have coiled the excess cable (about 7 M) and slipped an elastic band around it. Yes, I am aware that they should be twisted pair, but I suspect, due to the style of cable, that they are not, because I can't find any cable clips that are small enough to hold it to the wall. But I could be wrong. Extension is of the type that you can buy anywhere. 2 The cable is now too long for the digi phone. 3 the BT digi phone can not get through the coiled wire. 4 the digi phone can not get enough signal to the BT inlet, because of the length of extension cable. Any ideas anyone? TIA Dave |
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