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["trueblue" <w.ingles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, you are quite correct, if you mess about with BT telephone lines, then 
you must except the consequences if something goes wrong.
Billy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Cassidy" <mike.cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:10 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wiring BT box?


> Hi Billy,
>
> That's ridiculous; I'm sure you can find a friendly electrician to do the 
> job. I had a go at moving and re-connecting an extension box but couldn't 
> re-connect, so a kind wife did it. We cheated and used a screwdriver as an 
> insertion tool but you really shouldn't do that, and if it had caused any 
> shorts, BT would have caned me.
>
> Hth,
>
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Trueblue" <w.ingles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:38 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wiring BT box?
>
>
> > Trevor, thanks for the reply. I have already been in touch with BT, and 
> > they tell me it will cost £132 for an engineer to come out to my home, 
> > and fit an extension box in my bedroom.
> > That is the same price i payed BT for my line in the first place.
> > Thats why i'm thinking it would be easier to do the job ourselves.
> > If i could find out which colour wire goes where, my wife maybe be able 
> > to do it for me.
> > Billy
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Trevor Ruane" <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 6:08 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wiring BT box?
> >
> >
> > > Trueblue wrote:
> > > > hi guys,
> > > > is it possible for blind people to wire up a BT extension telephone 
> > > > box?. Billy **
> > > Hi Billy,
> > >
> > > Probably, but you need to know the colours of the 2, 3 or 4 tiny wires 
> > > in the cable and the numbers of the push-down sockets in the box.  You 
> > > will also need a push-down tool, but they are only a few pence.  Given 
> > > that you might not be able to do the job without sighted help, you might 
> > > as well get a vision to do it for you!
> > >
> > > Trevor Ruane
> > >
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