Ring wire removal

Hi before i go pulling wires out of the phone I want to make sure i'm removing the right one first.

My phone line comes in from a overhead cable then enters the house into these two boxes
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5846/dsc01529b.jpg

It then goes to this socket
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5559/dsc01530df.jpg

Inside the socket
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5444/dsc01528ld.jpg
Wires 2(blue), 3 (orange) and 5 (blue and white) are connected. I guess i should remove wire 3 (orange)?

Edited by deleted (Fri 05-Mar-10 22:22:05)

Yes thats right, pull out the orange wire. As there are only one set of wires connected at that socket, and as the ring line is connected, I assume you have other extension sockets connected to the joint boxes? If this is so, then check them to ensure they are proper extension sockets (no components) if in doubt remove the ring line from them as well .

There used to be one other extension connected to the boxes but it was disconnected years ago.


edit: Wire is now removed and phone is still working

Edited by deleted (Fri 05-Mar-10 22:50:53)