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[burakkucat]

Does anyone know if the DVOM Leakage Test is safe from the test socket, or does it HAVE to be bare wires?

If you perform measurements through the test socket you will have a series connected 1.8uF + 470KOhm shunt across the pair. Hence the recommendation is to use the bare wires of the incoming service feed.

[CrazyTeeka]

What do BT engineers normally do to get bare wire safely when the wires are too short to cut any futher?

[Dray]

I suspect they attach more wire using gel-filled crimps.

[CrazyTeeka]

I suspect they attach more wire using gel-filled crimps.

Ahh! I'm trying to avoid that option, what about http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BT-84A-JUNCTION-BOX-BLOCK-TERMINAL-BT84-BT-84-A/261152097952

Looks like another clean option.

[burakkucat]

I suspect they attach more wire using gel-filled crimps.

I will concur and can confirm that is the technique B*Sheep uses in such situations.

[burakkucat]

. . . what about http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BT-84A-JUNCTION-BOX-BLOCK-TERMINAL-BT84-BT-84-A/261152097952

Looks like another clean option.

Or just use a BT80A?

[CrazyTeeka]

Or just use a BT80A?

For one cable two active pairs?

[burakkucat]

For one cable two active pairs?

Ah, I was clearly not in possession of all the facts. 

For one service feed cable, with two active pairs, then a BT84A would be the best choice.

I presume you propose to run a new length of CW1308 cable from each of the two NTE5/A back to the BT84A and make use of the IDCs for those links? Then you could make a one turn loop of the existing service feed cable (thus leaving ample slack for any future adjustments) and connect each pair to its respective screw terminals. 

[CrazyTeeka]

I presume you propose to run a new length of CW1308 cable from each of the two NTE5/A back to the BT84A and make use of the IDCs for those links? Then you could make a one turn loop of the existing service feed cable (thus leaving ample slack for any future adjustments) and connect each pair to its respective screw terminals. 

Thats the plan. 

[burakkucat]

Purrfect.

[CrazyTeeka]

Looking for a good pair of wire strippers for BT drop cable/CW1308 cable, need some recommendations.

[burakkucat]

Off the top of my head I would suggest that you ask Vince, t.a. Mr Telephone Supplies.

Edit: I have my favourites, which are ex-GPO and identical to the first in the following list --

• http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eliott-Lucas-GPO-1969-Adj-Wire-strippers-British-Vintage-Telephone-Military-/181798759851
• http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Holex-160mm-Adjustable-Cable-Stripping-Pliers-Wire-Electric-Strippers-New-/131569531217
• http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electrical-Wire-Strippers-Cutter-Stripping-Adjustable-Pliers-Electrician-TE632-/121548578911
• http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electricians-160mm-Adjustable-Cable-Stripping-Pliers-Wire-Electric-Strippers-New-/251693840537

[NewtronStar]

Thats what i use BC Eliott - Lucas GPO 1969 Adj Wire strippers British Vintage Telephone / Military just do a few tests remember clockwise = thicker cable strip and anticlockwise = thinner cable strip

[GigabitEthernet]

I've tried the Tandy cable (0.5m) and compared it to my 0.5m CAT6 cable from Mr. Telephone.

The CAT6 cable consistently allows the modem (Billion 8800NL) to sync 2Mb faster.

[Weaver]

I've tried the Tandy cable (0.5m) and compared it to my 0.5m CAT6 cable from Mr. Telephone.

The CAT6 cable consistently allows the modem (Billion 8800NL) to sync 2Mb faster.

That's very interesting. Quite the reverse of what I found. But you and I are clearly in different worlds, as 2Mbps is more than my entire line's throughput!