Rather than buying one of these kits for putting in an extra phone point 
(where you get a moulded splitter plug, cable, and socket), can I hardwire 
straight off the back of an existing extension? If so, is it just a case of 
matching colour to colour?

Cheers,
Chris

see
http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/wiring_info.htm

In article <42bc74dd$0$41922$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>, cpjw
 writes

>Rather than buying one of these kits for putting in an extra phone point 
>(where you get a moulded splitter plug, cable, and socket), can I hardwire 
>straight off the back of an existing extension? If so, is it just a case of 
>matching colour to colour?

See Peter Parry's guide here:
http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wiring/UK_telephone/uk_telephone.html
-- 
fred

In article <42bc74dd$0$41922$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
	"cpjw"  writes:

>Rather than buying one of these kits for putting in an extra phone point 
>(where you get a moulded splitter plug, cable, and socket), can I hardwire 
>straight off the back of an existing extension? If so, is it just a case of 
>matching colour to colour?


Yes, and Yes.

-- 
Andrew Gabriel

Thanks all. Worked a treat.

"cpjw"  wrote in message 
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> Rather than buying one of these kits for putting in an extra phone point 
> (where you get a moulded splitter plug, cable, and socket), can I hardwire 
> straight off the back of an existing extension? If so, is it just a case 
> of matching colour to colour?
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>