BT master sockets have a secondary socketsbehind the lower half of the socket blanking plates. Plugging a phone into there will eliminate all the wiring in the house. If you can get a dialtone in this socket, but not with the faceplate ON, then the wiring fault is on your premises.
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Fri 18 Jun 2004, 14:44,
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Why would I wantto eliminate all the wiring in my house? What about the wires that run my telly? And all the lights would fall off the ceilings if the wiring was suddenly as you say, eliminated. Sounds risky.
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Fri 18 Jun 2004, 14:51,
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