02-04-2018, 12:30 PM
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A New Use for my Phone Line?
In those halcyon days before Australia gave the world WiFi, when my kids were still at school, I wired up my house to put at least one Ethernet connection, a TV Aerial and a phone connection in each room.Since then technology has moved on and while the ethernet and TV connections are still viable the phone line is not used at all due to mobile, VOIP and cordless phones.
Remembering that every phone socket in the house is connected in parallel to every other phone socket in the house - what can I use it for?
Every room has something similar to the above except that some rooms only have one ethernet connection on a single plate with the aerial and phone. In those days I tended to make use of what ever I had available as you can see by the different styles of plate. (That photo is a left over from when I did have a phone line - top right yellow wire.)
It seems such a pity to waste all that copper - any ideas?
02-04-2018, 03:33 PM
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Re: A New Use for my Phone Line?
Originally Posted by Judd
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How about connecting a speaker to a socket in one of rooms and feeding the output of a music source (CD/stereo player) into one of the remaining sockets, you could then pipe your music from one room to the others.
03-04-2018, 02:00 AM
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Re: A New Use for my Phone Line?
Originally Posted by Judd
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How about connecting a speaker to a socket in one of rooms and feeding the output of a music source (CD/stereo player) into one of the remaining sockets, you could then pipe your music from one room to the others.
I don't need an intercom because it is a single storey wooden house so you can shout
It needs a really odd ball idea I suppose.
03-04-2018, 02:05 AM
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Re: A New Use for my Phone Line?
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I fitted ceiling speakers in my bathroom (in my last house) and could switch it from the living room. Great listening to the radio or cds in the morning.
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