In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In threaded mode I set Collapsed Threads and 99 per page, in Flat mode I have 99 per page as well.

Both work well for me.

Just a suggestion.

That's the way I have my account configured, also.

It was in the early hours of the morning when I posted that message and I guess I was thinking with my X-forum moderator's hat on, rather than as a TBB-forum user.

Edited by burakkucat (Fri 13-May-11 18:57:25)

Thanks again everyone for the time to explain things so clearly. I will have a chat to the electrician and ask him what he exactly intends on doing with the wiring. I perhaps could then start another thread to run it by you all.

Super result and excellent fault finding by all the respondants.

Can I ask an odd question, it's bugging me...

The OP says the premises is pole fed direct from pole to NTE, so I assumed most probably by dropwire 10b.

But having a glimpse at the photos shows a 5 pair cable coming out the cavity feeding the NTE. The colours are not dropwire colours, they are ug cable colours and also BT don't do 5 pair overhead cables (except aerial, but they don't bring them into residential premises or direct onto the NTE). Also the 5 pair cable in the photo looks armoured, see the outer grey poly sheathing?

Of course now the issue is resolved this is not particularly relevent but it is a little odd?

In reply to a post by polemonkey:

Super result and excellent fault finding by all the respondants.

Can I ask an odd question, it's bugging me...

The OP says the premises is pole fed direct from pole to NTE, so I assumed most probably by dropwire 10b.

But having a glimpse at the photos shows a 5 pair cable coming out the cavity feeding the NTE. The colours are not dropwire colours, they are ug cable colours and also BT don't do 5 pair overhead cables (except aerial, but they don't bring them into residential premises or direct onto the NTE). Also the 5 pair cable in the photo looks armoured, see the outer grey poly sheathing?

Of course now the issue is resolved this is not particularly relevent but it is a little odd?

Now that you mention it, yes it is a little bit odd. We needed your trained eye to comment on (what is now, as you've explained it) the obvious and, reviewing this thread from the beginning, I see that last Wednesday the OP wrote --

The pole is on the road right outside our lane enterance. There appears to be a small grey/silver box at the top of the pole. Our reinforced grey line is wired into this box on the pole and travels down the pole, down our lane (200m) and directly into the house. The cream plate on the wall has Openreach BT logo and one socket. Taking off the face there is the test/primary socket underneath and this socket has a blue and white wire attached which is from the group of wires taken directly from the 200m grey line from the pole.

RobertoS then asked --

Are you saying the cable from the pole goes underground to the house, and if so does it come in through the wall to the master, or go into the roof to that internal box, and then down to the master rather than as you described?

To which the OP replied --

The grey black cable comming up from the inernal socket goes through the wall to the outside then 200m to the roadside pole. the wite cable goes up to somewhere. The electrician said he still has to wire that all up so phone lines will work in other parts of the house not that there are even plates at those points yet.

None of us then continued that line of enquiry. Oops!

Ah, after re-reading it, now I see.

Its one of those, up one pole, span overheadh to another pole(s), then back down the pole to ug for the final run to the sub. Saves the planners loads o' money! Mystery solved