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Whole house splitters for marginal lines

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  • 17-07-2006 8:15pm
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    noelcosgrave
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    Does anyone know if there are any whole house splitters or faceplate filters available in this country? BT supply them on marginal lines in the UK, but Eircon do not seem to offer anything similar here. I know there are specialised splitters for monitored alarm systems, but are there any high quality splitters available for those without alarm systems? Any recommendations?


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    Sponge Bob
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    these guys claim they will answer the question and supply you

    http://www.excelsus-tech.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=products.ExcelsusDifference

    your extensions should be in series ...most important that

    http://www.pickaxe.demon.co.uk/surftime/wiring.htm

    extensions1.gif


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    noelcosgrave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭noelcosgrave


    Sponge Bob wrote:
    these guys claim they will answer the question and supply you

    Not quite what I was looking for. I am trying to avoid individual filters on sockets, but rather to have a whole house filtered at the incoming point, using something a little more indestructible than the microfilters.

    Thanks anyway!


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    watty
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    Yep Eircom DO install a single master DSL splitter in some cases. Not hard to fit. I have run a whole house wiring of a microfilter by fitting a master socket in attic on incomming line and connecting all the extensions to the "phone" port.


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    JohnC.
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    watty wrote:
    I have run a whole house wiring of a microfilter by fitting a master socket in attic on incomming line and connecting all the extensions to the "phone" port.
    That's exactly what I've done too.


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    Solair
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    there's nothing particularly magical about those face plate filters. You can just as easily do a DIY job..

    Get a splitter, (good quality one, not the rubbish you get in some diy stores)... e.g. the ones shipped with modems are usually quite good.. z-blocker etc.

    Then, get a short length of phone cable with RJ11 on the end e.g. phone cord.
    and a telephone junction box (available in maplins for a couple of quid.. or you might find a spare left over around your house somewhere from an old eircom installation)

    Cut the RJ11 cord so that you have an RJ11 to bare cables.

    Wire the red and the green to the terminals of your junction box + wire in your extension cabling... voila, you have plug-in extensions.

    You can then connect this RJ11 to the filtered side of your splitter--- and hey presto, you've got a DIY whole house filtering sollution.

    You can also buy hardwirable splitters on the web. The US-specification ones will work fine here. Just search for Z-Blocker and you'll find a whole range of products, including ones suitable for use with monitored alarms ..

    eircom more or less follows Bellcore standards for wiring, not UK standards.


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    cgarvey
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    Meant to say, I'd moved this from IrelandOffline forum after post #5


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    Ziycon
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    BT Ireland supply a master splitter in Ireland, i got mine over 3yrs ago when they were known as EsatBT!


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    JohnnieM
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    noelcosgrave wrote:
    Does anyone know if there are any whole house splitters or faceplate filters available in this country? BT supply them on marginal lines in the UK, but Eircon do not seem to offer anything similar here. I know there are specialised splitters for monitored alarm systems, but are there any high quality splitters available for those without alarm systems? Any recommendations?

    do exactly as watty says but just remember to feed your alarm digi first from your phone line... use the return from the alarm for phone extensions


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