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Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

Hi, 

just had a look inside my master socket and I can see a wire is connected from terminal A to terminal 2 and terminal B to terminal 5 but has this been done? 

should I remove these 2 wires to get a faster speed?

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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

Normally would not expect wires connecting the incoming openreach cable cone Ted to terminals A&B to have wires then going to terminals 2&5

Which master do you haveKeith_Beddoe_0-1577035081757.jpegMaster socket types.jpeg

 



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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

1. I’ve seen on google some people have a wire going from terminal 3 to A or B which is strange
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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

Terminal 3 is the connection for the bellwire and no longer required. If can cause inference problems with broadband and if connected should be removed



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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

What about the 2 wires going from A and B to 2 and 5?
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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

All the sockets pictured, with the exception of No.4 are designed so that the A and B wires from the external network are connected to terminals 2 and 5 of the removable ’ consumer panel ‘ , only when the socket is assembled, ( a plug and socket arrangement connects A and B to 2 and 5 ) , it’s not actually polarity conscious so A to 5 and B to 2 works also ..the idea is that by removing the consumer panel anything ‘internal’ is disconnected from the line , so when being tested a ‘clean’ line is presented to the test equipment ….if you have socket No.4 , these don’t have the same demarcation point.

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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

so in that case, why would an engineer have wires connecting from A to 2 and B to 5? Could this maybe affect noise on my line and affect broadband? 

What other wiring situations in the master socket could cause issues like packet loss and noise for example?

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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

No idea why it is wired like that unless the master socket is faulty.  Try removing the wires and see what happens.

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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

You still haven’t indicated the type of master socket you have , only No.4 should have A and B connected directly to 2 and 5, all the others the A and B connect is to the part of the socket that remains in the wall , and only extension sockets are connected to 2 and 5 of the consumer panel, if no extensions , you can either use the test port socket or insert the consumer panel and use the socket in that, if someone has connected A and B to 2 and 5 of the panel , it bypasses the plug and socket , so the panel would remain live even when disconnected from the body of the socket , making the demarcation point  redundant , I’ve no idea why someone would do this unless the socket panel was faulty , otherwise when assembled the plug and socket would be making the panel ‘live’ anyway.

If it’s No.4 , then it could be you don’t actually have a master socket as such  ( it’s an extension socket being used instead of a master socket ) or it’s a pre NTE5 type LJU socket….obviously if this is the only socket , then the A and B need to be connected to the part of the socket that a RJ11 phone plug would connect with…perhaps you could post a photo as how can wires on A and B ( marked as such presumably ) also be  connected to 2 and 5 if not via a plug and socket arrangement .

If what you mean is that you do have a proper master socket ( any of the images apart from No.4 ) and that has the line from outside on A and B ( of the permanent portion that stays on the wall ) , and there is a cable on the removable consumer panel on 2 and 5 that runs to an extension ( or extensions ) that you do not use , so is it ‘safe’ to disconnect the extension cable from the consumer panel , then yes you can , if you don’t want extensions the consumer panel should not have any wiring on it at all.

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Re: Wires in Master socket connected to A and B terminals?

@iniltous 

I think message 3 shows '1'



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