Telephone Slave help

RyanCheetham · Jan 18, 2013

Good evening chaps, ran a slave socket off the master telephone point using contacts 3 and 5 as i always do, the slave socket will ring from an incoming call and has dial tone but will not make or answer a call. I am thinking maybe i need to connect terminal 2 as well but just after some clarifacation as i am not the best with telephones. Cheers guys

pete555 · Jan 18, 2013

are you adding an extention if so you only need to terminate across 2+5

RyanCheetham · Jan 18, 2013

The client is trying to use 2 different sets of phones to save buying one bigger set. I wasnt sure if this would cause a conflict on the line but the client assures me it worked fine in their previous home

pete555 · Jan 18, 2013

shoudn,t be a problem only REN value of phones will stop it working fully usually up to 4 REN it should be ok

Octopus · Jan 18, 2013

Interesting as I always connect 2, 3 & 5 and have never had a problem

RyanCheetham · Jan 18, 2013

Yeah i find it odd to have a dial tone but not be able to dial out or receive calls, i shall connect terminal 2 and see if this fixes it

Octopus · Jan 18, 2013

RyanCheetham said:
Yeah i find it odd to have a dial tone but not be able to dial out or receive calls, i shall connect terminal 2 and see if this fixes it

Sounds like a plan

MarkieSparkie · Jan 18, 2013

The line connections are 2 and 5, the bell wire connection 3 need only be connected if the client uses the old style phone(s) with a mechanical bell mechanism. If you client is using broadband on this phone line then disconnection of the bell wire throughout the installation is advantageous as it sometimes causes interference reducing the available broadband download/upload speed.

RyanCheetham · Jan 18, 2013

Broadband is supplied seperatly by Virgin

Guest111 · Jan 19, 2013

3 is the ring circuit, 2 and 5 are the A leg and B leg, so you need to connect 2,3,and 5 if you get 2 and 5 crossed over i.e 2 on master to 5 on slave then phone will ring whenever you pick it up,this is something I saw a few times and drives people mad, extension bells should be wired across terminals 3 and 5, if wired across 2 and 5 the bell coil completes a DC path and the line appears engaged.hope someone finds this useful.