[access-uk] Re: Wiring BT box?

  • From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:14:23 +0100

Hi Billy,

Given what you say here, a BT engineer will only tack cables
round skirting boards, door frames, etc., making the usual
untidy mess.

George. 

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trueblue
Sent: 28 July 2006 10:50
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wiring BT box?

Adrian, I too thought of an extension cable, but my good
lady wife, didn't want long lengths of telephone cables
running between rooms. Not only that, one of the rooms the
cabling would have to go through, has tile flooring, no go
right away.
Billy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Higginbotham"
<adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:17 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wiring BT box?


> The alternative is of course to buy an extension cable
rather than a box
> that needs to be wired up and fixed to the wall.  Such
simply have a
> plug on one end and a socket on the other. Not quite as
neat but much
> easier. I used one for a temporary location recently which
was an ultra
> flat cable, the wire part being of a lower profile than
standard
> telephone type.  About 2 mil thing and 4 or 5 wide.
> And still cost less than a tener.
>
>
>
> Adrian Higginbotham
> Accessibility and inclusion adviser
> British Educational Communications and Technology Agency -
BECTA
> Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
> Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
> BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Trevor Ruane
> Sent: 26 July 2006 18:08
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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