Possible to extend weather:bit rain and wind leads with RJ11 cable?

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I’d like to set up the weather station from the micro:climate kit outdoors, with the micro:bit indoors.

Do you know if it is possible to extend the rain and wind leads using regular RJ11 cables?

I actually tried it with 25ft cables, and it doesn’t seem to work. I don’t actually need 25ft, 10ft is probably enough. Any thoughts on whether that would work?

(Everything is working otherwise, I’m getting accurate readings with the cables plugged directly into the micro:bit)

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Hello,

So long as they are pin to pin compatible then they should work. Sometimes with long cables data can get funky. Is the 25’ cable shielded?

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It sounds like you already have your answer(???):

I actually tried it with 25ft cables, and it doesn’t seem to work.

As Brandon mentions, the wiring needs to match up correctly. To my knowledge, [telephone wiring was pin-to-pin, which should work. Maybe you have a different style cable or coupler (this is something you should be able to test with a multimeter).](http://www.westernet.net/Help/RJ45.htm)