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rewiring a telephone socket

robbie60 · 2011-03-12 12:48:34

i can telephone out & i have broadband,but not recieving calls,my socket is an old one with push in wires,there are 4 wires blue on top,green middle,orange on the bottom, brown is not used the new socket from the local hardware has screw in terminals in a block with no colour advice, i would be grateful for any advice.

12-03-2011 1:48pm

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robbie60

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i can telephone out & i have broadband,but not recieving calls,my socket is an old one with push in wires,there are 4 wires blue on top,green middle,orange on the bottom, brown is not used
the new socket from the local hardware has screw in terminals in a block with no colour advice, i would be grateful for any advice.

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#2 12-03-2011 3:09pm

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robbie60 wrote: »

i can telephone out & i have broadband,but not recieving calls,my socket is an old one with push in wires,there are 4 wires blue on top,green middle,orange on the bottom, brown is not used
the new socket from the local hardware has screw in terminals in a block with no colour advice, i would be grateful for any advice.

Connect in only the 'blues' to your new socket and it should work ok.

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