BT phone line fault

[Bibio]

biggest problem and one that BT wont check is the box on the pole. due to high winds and crappy weather these boxes are getting a hammering and wires come loose, get furred up or work harden then eventually snap.

If it is there it'll either be in the crimp or where the previous engineer has stupidly twisted them together.

Old school but silly, it just weakens them.

Originally Posted by Bibio

biggest problem and one that BT wont check is the box on the pole. due to high winds and crappy weather these boxes are getting a hammering and wires come loose, get furred up or work harden then eventually snap.

That's a 101 bib, he's fed Underground, no pole.

But yes the poles are a wearing in the network but its easier to know it than to design a fix.

There isn't really much of an answer for the guy here... Lol

Are the crimps sealed of could some wd40 be sprayed in them? I suppose if you do that then BT could say you have tampered with them..?

There's gel in them, wd40 probably wouldn't dislodge it.

There's quite a few answers but none of them can be definite, there's places the fault is more likely and places its less but overall there's likely more than a thousand different joints between him and the exchange.

At the end of the day if he disconnects the extension cable from the master socket and leaves just the incoming line then its proved onto The Openreach network and charges wouldn't apply.

[dirtydog]

Big thanks to Mark_h for taking the time to pop round tonight and have a look and sort the problem out for me, which turned out to be just a broken wire.

It always is, one way or another.

[Mark_h]

Underground cable internal break within the insulation about 3 inches away from the crimp. Luckily just enough slack to recrimp. Also rewired the internal master in a more legit manner.