[Sussex] Home Automation and Ethernet over powerline

Richie Jarvis richie at helkit.com
Sun Nov 12 22:09:46 UTC 2006


Nic James Ferrier wrote:
> Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> Whether this is what's happening in your setup is something that can be 
>> investigated with a good low-capacitance, high-voltage capable 
>> oscilloscope. But those aren't cheap: doing some plug it in, try it 
>> without a power strip in the way, etc. sort of testing is easy and 
>> reasonably safe.
>>     
>
> Which is, of course, what I've done.
>
> That's how I know that without the power strip it's ok. With the power
> strip (unfortunately necessary) it's not.
>
>   
Interesting - I have EOPL 85Mbps units plugged into surge-protection 
strips, and they work fine, without any issues.  My MythTV frontend in 
the lounge runs off it without any issues.

I guess it depends on the strip, and the house-wiring.

Cheers,

Richie




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