Telephone sockets

[bernardgreen]

Use a plugged lead into the ADSL socket to run to the computer area.

or if you wan't a neat install use claritys version with an extra pair of terminals on it.

I was surprised to find some micro-filters have 2 wire connection to the phone socket and have a bell capacitor fitted to feed the bell in the telephone and thus do no use the capacitor in the master box. This can compromise the qualitity of the speech and affect ringing efficiency.

i thought they all did, connecting a ringer to the cap in the master box could seriously compromise the ADSL signal.

if you must use the microfilters system then disconnecting the ringing wire leading to the extention sockets at the master socket can dramatically improve DSL performance.

Good tip.

The ringer wire being on terminal 3.

The whole thing is a compromise to get the most out of a system intended to carry speech both ways and a bit of power (48 volt) from the exchange to the telephone to avoid having a local battery. From maximum designed frequency of 4 Khz the copper loop is pressed to work ( almost always ) up to 8 Mhz

So every bit of help by using good wiring practise.

Bernard
Sharnbrook
UK