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[thomasjc1]

Hmmmmm so snadge perhaps i dont have the surge doobry wotsit in mine

[ColinS]

But it was interesting to watch everyone smash their own NTE5's up to see what was inside. 

Not at all. These were essential scientific experiments that have advanced our collective knowledge.

Just as long as it wasn't my NTE5! 

[Black Sheep]

 

[snadge]

Hmmmmm so snadge perhaps i dont have the surge doobry wotsit in mine

You won't know unless you open it up to find out tom, mine is only 9 months old and had one...  You can't be sure you haven't gotten old stock..

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[thomasjc1]

I have the bottom older one

[thomasjc1]

Found this on runITdirect site

http://www.run-it-direct.co.uk/nte5-design-change/another-design-change-for-2012-t76.html#p155

[snadge]

was just about too post that Tom lol...

@ Black Sheep - As you can see Run-IT-Direct says that Openreach branded ones (embossed or printed) are older stock, new ones are blank? I assume Run-IT-Direct has blank ones because he buys wholesale from pressac, but its odd that he used to get Openreach ones? - are Openreach now going to start issuing "blank" (no 26A installed) ones?

the way RID puts it across is that the Openreach branded ones have the 26A installed.

[Black Sheep]

I can only go from my own experiences, Snadge. I will probably take 20 NTE's out of stores every couple of weeks, and the ones I receive are all printed with 'Openreach'.

I have to ask, why would they run with a blank NTE and miss out on the simplest form of advertising ?? It doesn't make sense to me if this is what is happening ??

[neilius]

That's what they told me - they're all made by Pressac, all the same boxes, only difference being either embossed or printed OR logos. But they hadn't, at the time anyway, got any branded ones without the surge suppressor. I don't know if the situation has changed but I do wonder if anyone has yet come across an OR branded box in the wild that's missing that component. They didn't elaborate too much on the info they said they had from BT regarding the rationale behind removing it. Seems interesting that nobody else seems to know about it...

[c6em]

The surge arrestor will also differ where it exists
The more modern NTE5's seem to have the black coloured cylindrical unit.
The older ones like mine have the gas discharge tube

[snadge]

@ c6em - I have another NTE5 spare thats got green housing inside and the A and B wires are screwed onto the contacts (no 3rd screw for earth as ive seen in some pics) - would this be a one with the gas discharge tube? (just out of interest  - i may open it up)

@ Black Sheep - thanks for your input be interesting to see if they remain printed...i think they will, its probably pressac being told they can no longer issue Openreach printed ones to 3rd party re-sellers anymore...??

I think Iam gunna remove the 26A on my NTE5 and see if there is any improvement in speed/stats over a period of few weeks (give DLM a chance)

[Black Sheep]

The 'Green housing' ones I come across, have the gas discharge protector outside of the green casing, so no need to open it up. 

[c6em]

Here is the "old type" with the surge arrestor visisble
http://www.telephone-wiring.co.uk/nte5-master-socket-with-screw-terminals-667-p.asp
(Mines is even older with the third earth screw terminal included)

[Black Sheep]

Thanks for the pic, c6em, the 'Green casing' ones are even older than that. 

[burakkucat]

In reply number 31 of this thread I posted three images.

I repost the third one, cropped and resized, below. Notice the gas-discharge 26A surge arrestor to the left of the terminals? It glows a nice violet colour when ignited by an application of 500V DC.