Have a bt master socket. We have 2 phones downstairs and 2 upstairs. The two phones downstairs are individually wired into the master socket and work fine. The first phone upstairs is also wired into the master socket but has stopped working. From the phone socket upstairs there is an extension wire that is connected to the back of the socket to the 4th and final phone. These 4 phones have always worked fine until recently where neither of the upstairs phones work at all, no tone or anything. I've checked the master socket and it's all connected, and I have changed one socket upstairs on the socket that is wired to the master, still no worky on either of the upstairs sockets or phones. 

Im thinking it's the wiring from master socket to the first socket upstairs that is fudged. Any ideas or advice please? 

Have you tried a known working phone on the suspect points?

 

Anyone knocked a wire with a hoover etc?

before @Auric Goldfinger mentions me, I'm in the back of the van having a cuppa.

Internal stuff's not my bag, I do UG, OH and more than two wires at a time.

6 minutes ago, Lee01 said:

 I do UG, OH and more than two wires at a time.

 

On Tuesdays and Leap days isnt it @Lee01

1 hour ago, Aspman said:

Have you tried a known working phone on the suspect points?

 

Anyone knocked a wire with a hoover etc?

Hi

 

yeah tried known working phone in both dead sockets and nothing. The master socket is up high in the porch so doubt it's been knocked.

Best way is to follow the wires from the master to the failed sockets.

Wires in the dud sockets needing reseated?

 

I've sees stuff work out of place over years just through thermal expansion and contraction.

 

Could you blag a shot of a tone generator form anyone? That would show up any breaks

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/cable-finder-with-tone-generator-n74cc

 

Got a bloke in to have a look. A couple of wires had broken down over the years so he swapped out the cable outside and all working now.