master telephone phone socket

dont know the maximum no of extensions ive got 4[ive got a phone socket in 7 locations]your phones should add up to no more than 4 ren [for ringing purposes]most phones are about 1
you can have more but they may not all ring

big all

 

is it not easier to get a DECT phone into master socket, and use (upto 6) slave handsets!

just run the one extention for office/modem i guess!

 

Makro have a pack of 4 dect phones (base plus 3 slaves) for £29.99 plus VAT.


Have not seen packs of 6. If you buy separate items to make up 6 they must be GAP compatible or they wont communicate with the base station.

 

You can have an unlimited number of extention sockets, but as above, you should only have a maximum REN of four to guarantee all the phones will ring. Most phones/ansaphones are 1 REN each.

DECT phones are a good option. You can usually register upto 7 handsets on one base unit.

 

As has already been said the maximum REN is 4, generally a phone is 1 but answer machines and fax's etc can be 1.5. You can have as many secondary sockets as you like. you can buy a device which increases the number of REN's to 10.

 

BT do a mains operated booster box which plugs into one of your telephone sockets and allows you to have as many ringing telephones as you want. Maplins sell them for about £40.00. All the extensions (above the normal 4) have to be plugged-in or wired from the box.