Telephone cable repairs

[Chris sparky]

Howdy all.

Bad day at the office, on a block of flats at the minute. Ran in cables for intercom system and phone lines also tv's. The builder has gone and cored a nice 4 inch hole right through the lot :frown2:. Ceiling now tacked so running new ones in is going to be a pain in the ---.

Looking for some telephone cable joiners/connectors. Best looking ones i have come across are Scotchlock jobby's. Anybody used these before or does anyone have a better brand to use? And where to purchase them from?
Or would you recommend running new cables in. I've jointed coax before but i know it degrades the signal albeit a minimal amount.

Cheers

 

[Plonker 3]

Run a new one in and invoice builder accordingly, maybe they will be a bit more careful in future then.

 

[telectrix]

use the connectors that BT use. like a small scotchlock, push wires in without stripping, then pliers to crimp them. i got hundreds. make sure you whack a big bill to builder.

 

[Chris sparky]

Cheers lads.

Did you get your's off ebay Telectrix? Wholesalers i use don't stock anything of the like.
Maybe B&Q

 

[Chris sparky]

Run a new one in and invoice builder accordingly, maybe they will be a bit more careful in future then.

He's actually a decent bloke to be fair. Not like him to do something like this.
Annoyed me at the time though.

 

[Resu]

Cheers lads.

Did you get your's off ebay Telectrix? Wholesalers i use don't stock anything of the like.
Maybe B&Q

They are called jelly crimps I think. You'll get them on eBay. Best bet is to become mates with a BT engineer who might slip you a box of them.

 

[sparks55]

TLC sell jelly crimps now and the crimping tool

 

[overskilled]

Gel crimps...

 

[Resu]

Gel crimps...

Posh...!

 

[Guest111]

cpc farnell sell them,or do what I do and bung my BT mate a fiver,just make sure you use the correct tool to crimp them,they are called cantilever action pliers.here,s a link to ebay.Jelly Crimps: Cables & Adapters | eBay

 

[telectrix]

£100 odd for a crimper. ???? i'll carry on using a hammer.

 

[amlu]

if copper then twist ends together and solder. heatshrink after.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

I don't know how many cables you need to joint but a Connection Box 201D takes 20 pairs in two IDC Connection Strips 237A. Much tidier than a fistful of jelly crimps and much quicker than soldering and sleeving.
KRONE CONNECTION BOX 201D

It has a selection of IDC stablemates for other numbers of cables such as the 78A
78A 4 Pair Junction Box

 

[iamelectric]

i would use wagos
http://www.jonction-et-derivation-electriques.fr/WAGO-leviers-3-conducteurs

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Ces bornes ça, ne sont-ils pas plus grandes que nécessaire?

 

[7029 dave]

I don't know how many cables you need to joint but a Connection Box 201D takes 20 pairs in two IDC Connection Strips 237A. Much tidier than a fistful of jelly crimps and much quicker than soldering and sleeving.
KRONE CONNECTION BOX 201D

It has a selection of IDC stablemates for other numbers of cables such as the 78A
78A 4 Pair Junction Box

or box con 301 100pairs

 

[Chris sparky]

Cheers for input lad's.

Grabbed a box of the crimp connectors from Edmundsons in the end. Needed it done desperado today. But in the future i may try Lucien's suggestion.