Here I am thinking that I don't want to go back to work on Monday and of all the things I've still got to do at home after another wasted weekend.

First I bought a shower pump - labelled "Used" on Ebay, but described as really being new, but not being boxed. It arrived and was very obviously used. I thought that at the price, I'd accept that. So spent Saturday running around getting plumbing bits and re-arranging the pipework to fit it. Connected it in, purged air from the system and switched on - nothing. I'd not been able to test it before fitting as the manufacturer's instructions specifically warn against running dry for even the shortest time. Fuse had blown, because the impellers were seized solid! The seller is wriggling, but one way or another, I should get the money back.

Today I thought I'd connect up the phone that my wife got me for Christmas - a proper 1950s dial one. I'd tested it plugged into the master socket faceplate at Christmas, but found it wouldn't ring when moved to the living room extension. Obviously a wiring fault. So today we got round to running a new cable in. As it would not pull through, the only way to do it was to remove an 18" section of skirting below the socket. Doing so broke chunks of plaster from the painted wall New cable in, connected up, phone still didn't ring. Tried again at master socket, OK. A sudden inspiration and I discovered that plugging in a micro-filter gets it working on the extension, so obviously the ring circuit in the master socket faceplate is working on its faceplate socket, but not on the associated extension IDC connectors on the back of the faceplate

And to think, I could have spent one of those days freeing off the sticking rear brakes on the kit-car and fitting the new cylinders that I've got lying around - in the vain hope of some decent weather!

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Originally posted by SteveWalker
Today I thought I'd connect up the phone that my wife got me for Christmas - a proper 1950s dial one. I'd tested it plugged into the master socket faceplate at Christmas, but found it wouldn't ring when moved to the living room extension. Obviously a wiring fault. So today we got round to running a new cable in. As it would not pull through, the only way to do it was to remove an 18" section of skirting below the socket. Doing so broke chunks of plaster from the painted wall New cable in, connected up, phone still didn't ring. Tried again at master socket, OK. A sudden inspiration and I discovered that plugging in a micro-filter gets it working on the extension, so obviously the ring circuit in the master socket faceplate is working on its faceplate socket, but not on the associated extension IDC connectors on the back of the faceplate

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The ring wire has no effect on ADSL when using a filtered master socket faceplate as it is provided after the filtration, but you are right that it can make a sometimes significant difference when using an unfiltered master socket and local microfilters.

I'm with ya, took the plunge on a cam from the usless states of america..

Local delivery dude lost it! Bollocks, how on earth do you loose a thing nearly a metre long? After its found its way all the way over the pond..

Still sheathing....

yep, you are right,, however I think BT engineers generally didn't connect the ring wire when fitting proper filtered masters.
(from a sample of one: they didn't on mine)

Mine is most definitely connected, but just won't work! I shall order a new faceplate and fit that.