ventcroft 8 core cable...suitible for telephone wiring ?

[george07]

got some cable from a guy at work 8 core ventcroft...can anyone confirm that this is more than likely telephone wiring cable and not alarm cable cheers

 

[OwainDIYer]

If it's stranded wire with solid colour cores it's alarm.

If it's solid wire, twisted into pairs, with stripey coloured cores it's telephone or computer.

 

[Alarm]

If it has purple and other silly colours its a cheap import worth less than the cardboard reel it is wound on

 

[bernardgreen]

Ventcroft website does not appear to have telepone cables.

All appeares to be fire resistant cable.

So the quick answer to you question is NO

 

[george07]

ok guys cheers this confirms my doubts will buy some telephone cable from screwfix..do i need 2 or 3 pair for the slave skts daisy chained from the master socket ?? also got to wire a point for the alarm dialler along the way

 

[Alarm]

Dialler should be first device, so it can snatch line and call if triggered,

 

[george07]

i am having to extend the bt cable to the living room master skt where broadband wireless hub/router will be..but as it happens the joint that i will make to do this will be bang nxt to the alarm panel & speech dialler ? can i fit a 25mm pvc surfacebox and use this as a telephone skt to pick up the dialler wiring ? cheers as im confused now but have little time left as the boards will be going back down soon and walls plastered cheers alarm any suggestions

 

[Alarm]

Imagine the incoming line, hook that into the panel with a BB filter.Then take the line anywhere you want. From the output. So line in AB in Line out AB out.

Remember REN values, 4 is the max.